Signposting & Pastoral Support

If you are concerned about your child, you should first contact your child’s Form Teacher or Head of Year for an initial discussion to raise your concerns.  They will be able to outline what help and support the school can offer as well as guide you to useful resources and services you can access to support your child further.  We have included links to some of them below.

North Tyneside and its partners offer many ways to support children and young people’s mental health. Please find a downloadable PDF with suggestions of approved services below.  Staff are happy to recommend which services will be most appropriate for your child:

• Help Yourself Leaflet

Other Useful Services:

Websites

General Mental Health

• Kooth (Online Counselling and support)
• Young Minds (Children’s mental health support)
• Place2Be (Children’s mental health support)
• MindEd (Mental health resources)
• Every Mind Matters (NHS resources on everyday mindfulness)
• stem4.org.uk (supporting positive teenage mental health)

Support for families:

• Barnardos
• Healios (mental health, autism and ADHD)
• Youth Sport Trust and Sport England
• https://solihullapproachparenting.com/ (Parenting approaches and support)

Better Sleep

• https://thesleepcharity.org.uk/national-sleep-helpline/

Eating disorders

• Beating Disorders

Self-harm and suicide

• papyrus-uk.org

Bereavement/loss

• Child Bereavement UK and the Childhood Bereavement Network

Approved Apps

The school recommends and supports the following apps (available on iphone and android) to support with mental health

• Calm Halm (Self-harm distraction app)
• Combined Minds (Useful advice for families)
• Cove (A relaxing musical app that allows journaling)
• Clear Fear (A distraction app for supporting anxiety)
• Headspace (A mindfulness app)