Wellbeing

The health and wellbeing of everyone in the King James’s School community is something that we take very seriously. As a school we have presented our good practice locally at Northorpe Hall and regionally at Leeds Beckett University.

What we do for students - we have:

a full-time Welfare Officer (Mrs Atkinson)
a full-time Wellbeing Mentor (Mrs Norton)
a PSHCE curriculum that includes units of work on physical health, sexual health and mental health.
exam stress workshops for students struggling with exams.
a Student Support Centre with Thrive trained staff to support our most vulnerable students
a core group of Senior Students who focus on health and wellbeing in order to develop new strategies and ideas and represent student voice.
close links with Kirklees Keep in Mind (mental health support team)

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Our wellbeing team:

Liz Atkinson - Wellbeing officer
Yvonne Day - ELSA (emotional literacy support assistant)
Janine Dean - SSC Manager and Thrive Practitioner
Carol-Anne Lockwood - human resources lead
Sarah Norton - Wellbeing mentor
Abbi Terry - Assistant Principal and Senior Mental Health Lead
Abi Williams - ELSA (emotional literacy support assistant) and SEMH/Thrive Mentor

Mental Health First Aiders:

Sammie Kerrod
Nile Liburd
Carol-Anne Lockwood
Chris Mahoney
Abi Williams
Jo Williams

What we do for parents and carers - we have:

a large Pastoral team consisting of Pastoral Leaders and Assistant Pastoral leaders. They are non teaching, full staff members of staff.
'Spotlight on' focus, which is shared with parents via the weekly bulletin
Termly Wellbeing newsletter written by our staff Wellbeing Champions. Previous newsletters have included features on Intervention at KJS: Intervention therapy; Bereavement; Movember; Time to Talk Day and 6 Weeks of Well-Being

Useful health and wellbeing links for parents and carers:

King James's School

Wellbeing

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