My Child has difficulties with social, emotional health or mental health
This section includes all those young people who experience short but significant periods of high anxiety, stress, distress or anger that affect their education.
It also includes young people who have a range of longer-term recognised mental health conditions.
For both groups, issues can include:
It also includes young people who have a range of longer-term recognised mental health conditions.
For both groups, issues can include:
- Forming and maintaining relationships
- Bereavement
- Attitudes to attainment
- Attendance
- Self-esteem
- Self harm
- Substance misuse
- Eating disorders
- Life outside school
What can Corbridge Middle School offer?
All students at Corbridge can access
- Quality First Teaching with appropriate differentiation (including best SEN practice).
- a classroom at breaktime and lunchtime for pupils who want a quieter environment to spend social time (known as ‘The Zone’).
- Lunchtime homework club where staff will help your child to organise or complete their homework.
- Lunchtime Friendship Club where staff initiate friendship skills.
- Assessment for identification of significant needs.
- Whole school Reward System.
- Whole school policy for behaviour management with graduated response.
- Whole school approach to ‘Behaviour for Learning’.
- Transition support (from first school and then onto high school).
- Anti-bullying policy.
- PSHE enrichment curriculum.
- A designated peaceful, quiet area where pupils can talk to a member of staff.
Targeted support for small groups may include
- Assessment and identification of needs and feedback to parents and staff.
- Breakfast Club.
- Year 5 - ELSA small group programme. Our Emotional Literacy Support Assistant helps children to settle into school, manage their feelings and relate positively to others so that they can make the most of themselves and of all that the school offers.
- Friendship Club and/or Games Club where staff encourage social skills development, building of relationships between peers and having fun.
- 1:1 mentoring sessions as required.
- Intervention groups (all years) behaviour/social skills/self esteem/stress management.
- In-class support in some lessons.
Support for individual students may include
- Pupil profile created to inform and advise staff on most appropriate strategies to use.
- Regular 1:1 mentoring.
- Bespoke Timetable
- Support coming into school at the start of the day
- “Thrive”, profile and interventions to support optimal social and emotional development.
- Bereavement counselling.
- Outside agency input (e.g. Education Welfare Officer, Educational Psychologist, Corbridge Youth Initiative, LIST, CYPS, County Durham CAMHS).
- Support from Health and Social Care team/ school nurse.
*Please note: These options need to be agreed upon for each student in conjunction with parents/carers and then regularly reviewed/modified.
