It’s okay to not be okay!
Mental well-being can be a pertinent area of need. As such, as a school, we have curriculum initiatives such as ‘My Happy Mind’ each week to develop children’s awareness and understanding of this area. Parents have the opportunity each term to attend a coffee morning in which a variety of needs and support are discussed with parents. In addition to this, as a school, we reference external support (some listed below) and liaise with external providers to provide targeted support for a variety of families.
Support Services
The following services provide support to young people and/or parents and carers.
Local Services
Locala Speech and Language Therapy
Concerns speech and language for young people.
KIAS SEND Information, advice and support in Kirklees
Kias, Kirklees Information Advice and Support Service, is for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and / or Disabilities and their parents or carers.
KIAS is a statutory, free, impartial and confidential service, working with Parents / Carers, Children and Young People. The service offers information, advice and support relating to a child or young person’s Special Educational Needs and/or disability and is available to anybody living within the Kirklees area.
Kirklees SEND Local Offer
Kirklees Local Offer – gives children and young people aged 0-25 with special educational needs or disabilities, and their families information about what is available in Kirklees across education, health and social care.
Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership
The Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership (KSCP) is a body that replaces the Kirklees Safeguarding Children Board and works to bring together the Local Authority, Health and Police agencies to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in Kirklees.
It produces a number of resources, and has contact details for if you have safeguarding concerns for a child.
Youth Services Brunswick Centre – HIV support and LGBT Project
The LGBTQ+ yOUTh Service works across all of Calderdale and Kirklees, providing support to LGBTQ+ young people, their parents and carers.
The Base – Drug and Alcohol Support
Drug and alcohol support service for people up to 21yrs old and support for parents and carers. They also have a Hidden Harm Project providing support for young people who have concerns about parent /carers struggling with drug/alcohol issues
National Services
Anna Freud
Are an organisation that have been supporting children and young people’s mental health for over 70 years, combining science with lived experience to change lives. They produce a number of useful resources and information about mental health in young people.
YoungMinds
YoungMinds aims to support the mental health of young people and provides access to a range of information and services to support this.
Mind Mental Health Support
Mind is one of the UK’s leading mental health charities, this links specifically to their young people support page. Mind understand mental health and wellbeing and are there to help when times are hard.
Kooth – Anonymous Online Counselling
Free, safe and anonymous online counselling support for 11+ offering peer and counselling support.
Barnardos Vulnerable Children Support
Barnados supports vulnerable children to have happier childhoods.
Children’s Mental Health
Children’s and adult’s mental health is an area of the curriculum which has been significantly developed. Having introduced and implemented ‘My Happy Mind’ each class has weekly sessions that provide information to develop children’s awareness of mental health alongside effective strategies to support their regulation of emotions. Each class has two ‘My Happy Mind Heroes’ that help to feedback their weekly learning during termly meetings with the Head of School. The content of ‘My Happy Mind’ sessions is discussed twice a half term as part of assemblies when the new half termly theme is introduced. In addition to weekly class sessions, the school has employed two members of staff to be Emotional Literacy Support Assistants (ELSA). Both practitioners, can each week, provide more bespoke and personalised support for targeted children. This may involve a series of frequent sessions over the course of six weeks. At Batley Parish we continue to work closely with outside agencies and, when relevant, a number of services are used to support families including children’s mental health.
Help at Batley Parish School
It’s important not to forget that school is always there for our families too. Our team is happy to support any member of our school community in any way we can. Please contact school if you have any concerns or queries and ask to speak to Mrs Tracy Bairstow (Inclusion Officer) or Mrs Rebecca Aka (SENCO & PSHE Lead).
Please call us directly on 01924 326361.