Mental Health

At Oakley School we believe in promoting positive Mental Health and emotional wellbeing to ensure that the school is a community where everyone feels safe, supported and able to thrive.

How does Oakley School promote positive mental health?

In school, we teach young people about the importance of taking care of their mental health through our curriculum and daily practice, with an emphasis on positive relationships, kindness and a culture of talking about problems openly.

Our Character and Culture curriculum is taught to all students across the school. It is about helping students to understand that a healthy mind is as important as a healthy body and enabling them to build skills that will help them to be successful as adults, such as respect for themselves and others, resilience, and building positive relationships.

We are an Attachment Aware and Trauma Informed School and work closely with Warwickshire Virtual School and supported by the Educational Psychology Service. Oakley School staff have had training on the impact of childhood experiences on the developing brain, ways in which students may communicate how they are feeling via their behaviour and using Emotion Coaching to promote positive interactions and healthy ways of coping.