Well-Being

At Golcar JI&N School we recognise that we have an important role to play in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all our pupils. We do this in a range of ways across school, including tailoring approaches to the needs of individual pupils. We fully accept that we have a duty to promote the welfare of our pupils; including preventing the impairment of pupil health or development, and to take action to enable all pupils to have the best outcome. Our trained Mental Health lead is Mrs Zartasha Hughes (SENCo), who works closely with Mr Andy Beech (inclusion worker) and the link governor, Mr Marcus Farrington to ensure that promoting positive emotional health and wellbeing is embedded within the school’s values, policies and systems. There is a graduated and differentiated response to supporting children’s emotional needs. Please read the policy for further information.  

Promoting good emotional health and well-being for all of our pupils is a priority of the school. Our general and tailored provision, including staff training and access to services for families, has been a focus of school development for a number of years. Please see the information below which details some of the school wide provision on offer.

We continue to strive to enhance our school offer and are pleased to be part of the Kirklees trailblazer programme ‘Mental Health Support Team’ and to be working towards becoming an accredited ‘Nurturing School’ with Nurture UK. In addition, we have a number of trained ‘Mental Health First Aiders’ who are able to offer support and advice to our staff, pupils, parents and carers.