East Barnet School was delighted to be awarded the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools ‘School Mental Health Award’ at Silver Level in March 2020. The school was recognised by the Lead Coach as having a warm and nurturing environment where staff and students are well supported.
Key areas that were praised included:
The school is leading on a wide variety of mental health partnerships in the area. They are in a CPD hub with three other local secondary schools. EBS has shared it’s good practice and opened it’s doors to others to visit the school. Leaders of mental health and wellbeing have visited the other schools to advise them on how to improve. The school is continuing to develop key partnerships within and beyond the borough such as the Resilience School Programme and has linked with outside agencies such as iHeart, Papyrus, the Autism Champion Programme and Feminista.
In February 2023, we were awarded the ‘Barnet’s Resilient Schools (RS) Programme’ which seeks to promote whole school awareness of wellbeing, mental health, and resilience.
It takes a whole-school approach to promote and build resilience in schools and address mental health concerns early on. Resilience in schools is seen when students, parents/carers and staff have a greater ability to “bounce back’’ when faced with difficulties to achieve positive outcomes.
For students by referral delivered by two fully-trained school counsellors offering 1:1 therapy.
For students by referral from Heads of Year to develop skills to build confidence, relieve anxiety and boost motivation.
Who work in school to provide mild to moderate mental health services to children, young people and families in the borough.
Mentors are available to work alongside younger students and to support their wellbeing.
Trained key staff deliver a 10-week programme in wellbeing and resilience to all Year 7 students in ‘Triple E’ lessons.
A student wellbeing safe space that offers interventions to promote self-confidence and building resilience. Trained staff support students in developing coping strategies to reach their potential.
An initiative launched recently to address an identified need. This offers space to recognise and explore the challenges faced by some of our students, whist engaging in a ‘hands-on’ activity such as boxing, cooking, gardening or a design challenge.
These are sessions delivered by EBS staff to small groups where participation is encouraged.
These workshops offer focused wellbeing support for students that are identified by our AEN Department.
Apps for young people: Please check if there are any additional fees in connection with these apps before you sign up.
MindShift is a free app designed to help teens and young adults cope with anxiety. It can help you change how you think about anxiety. Rather than trying to avoid anxiety, you can make an important shift and face it. Lists symptoms of anxiety. Offers strategies to manage worry, panic, conflict, ordinary anxiety, and three specialised categories of anxiety: test anxiety, social anxiety, and perfectionism. Also contains relaxation exercises.
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This is a meditation and sleep app. Helps to improve sleep practices and includes stories, calming sounds as well as guided meditations, relaxing music and simple mindfulness mediations. Suitable for ages from 4+.
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Headspace is a world-renowned mindfulness app, suitable for both children and adults, with an enormous variety of different practices to help with anxiety, sleep, focus, motivation, stress, compassion, kindness, gratitude, etc. Free trial available, annual fee thereafter.
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Explore and enhance your self-care practices and enjoy improved mental health and wellbeing. Suitable for ages from 4+.
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