Mental Health/Wellbeing
Please click the file link below for our Emotional Wellbeing Provision Map;
Compass Academy is committed to embedding a holistic whole school approach to supporting the wellbeing, mental health & pastoral needs of our pupils, families & staff.
Our pledge to you:
- Provide a warm, welcoming, trauma informed, calm, safe environment that promotes the school values; kindness, teamwork and resilience.
- Offering a PSHE/RSHE curriculum that teaches and promotes resilience and supports social and emotional learning.
- We have a Senior Mental Health lead to develop and oversee the whole school approach.
- Continue to train key staff to increase capacity of ‘Youth Mental Health First Aiders’
- Provide each child with a link tutor to ensure good communication links between school and home, and, coupled with a staff team who are emotionally available means any issues or barriers can be swiftly attended to.
- Put in place regular staff development on varying relevant topics to upskill staff to support themselves and to better meet the needs of our students.
- Continually develop our Informed Practice that acknowledges the prevalence of trauma and considers all areas we can support.
- Continue to develop Academy practice and achieve the Trauma Informed Sensitive Skills Award (Gold). The Academy has already achieved Silver status (June 2024).
Support at Compass Academy
Please contact the Academy’s Senior Mental Health Lead, Mrs Cathy Munro (SENCO). Alternatively, please contact the Academy’s ELSA, Miss Lizzie Gallagher (Pastoral) for advice/support.
If your enquiry is relating to an urgent safeguarding concern or issue, please contact our Head Office Safeguarding Team:
Email - safeguarding@hlt.academy
Telephone - 01904 560053
Please note the Head Office opening times are Monday - Friday between 8:00am and 4:00pm (except bank holidays).
Additional Information and Support
If someone is hurt or has taken an overdose, or if someone is in danger of hurting themselves or taking their life, call 999 and ask for an ambulance.
Childline - 0800 1111
Samaritans - 116 123
24hr Non-Emergency NHS line - 111
Supporting You
Please click the links below for mental health and wellbeing support: