Young Minds Matter

Privacy Statement regarding Trailblazers:

Springbank Primary Academy will be working with statutory health providers who will be delivering mental health service delivery to pupils within the school.

Trailblazers

We are delighted that our school has been given the opportunity to take part in a new, national programme to help make mental health support for children and young people more available when they need it.

We are one of 72 schools from Cheltenham, Gloucester and the Forest of Dean to work with the NHS in Gloucestershire to introduce Mental Health Support Teams into schools. 

We hope that these teams will provide valuable support to our pupils to help them with life’s ups and down, for example, with issues such as anxiety, friendship concerns, exam stress, attendance and challenging behaviour.

This may involve group work and/or individual, one-to-one support, either at school or elsewhere. Where appropriate, the Mental Health Support Team will also link up with the specialist mental health services in Gloucestershire. They will also support parents and teachers to help children and young people who are experiencing difficulties.

The teams are made up of new, fully-qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners, Primary Mental Health Workers, TiC+ Counsellors and Team Managers. They will travel to each school for meetings with staff to discuss any children and young people they think may benefit from their support. If a child is refusing to go to school, they will also work with families to help the child get back to school.

Training Programme:

If you have any questions or concerns or would like to make a referral to the service, please contact Sophie Whittington (Deputy Headteacher) via the school phone number or admin.SPA@glatrust.org.uk