At Grange Academy we are committed to supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of our pupils and staff. 

We know that our school culture has a positive impact on wellbeing and we all have a role to play in ensuring that ours is a warm, welcoming and supportive school. 

We also recognise that everyone experiences challenges at different times in their life, especially in the context of COVID 19, and this can reduce resilience and make us feel more vulnerable.

Any one of us may need additional emotional support occasionally. When this happens we encourage everyone in our school community to reach out to connect with a friend and share concerns.

Our school culture is one that promotes community and social cohesion and we positively promote the idea that everyone in our school community should be able to identify at least one person that they can trust to speak to when times get difficult.

At the start of every year pupils identifies at least one adult in the school community that they can speak to if they need some help.

At Grange Academy we take the view that positive mental health is everybody’s responsibility and that we all have a role to play.

This year we have commenced the Wellbeing Award as well as initiating Let’s Talk – this allows pupils a safe place to discuss issues or concerns with a member of staff or one of our Mental Health Team