The well-being of all members of our school community is of great importance to us at Longridge High School. This page of our website has a wealth of information and links to useful websites that can help, pupils, their families and staff alike to gain a better understanding of mental health issues and how to help yourself or others that may be struggling.
In school, we offer a range of support for pupils and staff can also access support too. For pupils who are struggling, we offer in-house support from our mentors, Head’s of Year, Senior Mental Health Lead and School Counsellor. We have a staff well-being group that meets to consider ways of enhancing well-being amongst our staff and run events to encourage team building and togetherness amongst our staff. We also have close links with a number of professionals and agencies that we can refer into should we feel that more appropriate than our in-house support.
The student support team consists of: –
Mrs K Rogers – Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) / Designated Teacher for Looked After Children / Mental First Aid Level 3
Mr J Wright – Deputy DSL & Prevent Lead
Mrs S Flynn – Deputy DSL
Mrs E Place – Deputy DSL & Mental Health Lead
Mr K Sutcliffe – Behaviour & Attendance Lead
Mr R Elder – SENDCO
Mrs L Heller – Assistant SENDCO
Mrs R Jackson – Year 7 Pastoral Leader
Mrs R Edwardson-Pye – Year 7 Pastoral Support Officer
Miss K Stemp – Year 8 Pastoral Leader
Mrs E Retford – Year 8 Pastoral Support Officer
Mr M Cross – Year 9 Pastoral Leader
Mrs S McCann – Year 9 Pastoral Support Officer
Mrs K Kin – Year 10 Pastoral Leader
Mrs V Seaton – Year 10 Pastoral Support Officer
Mr C Mochan – Year 11 Pastoral Leader
Mrs J Mills – Year 11 Pastoral Support Officer
Mrs S Evans – Early Intervention / Mentor / Mental First Aid Level 3
Mrs J Singh – School Counsellor (Wednesday and Thursday in school)
Ms Aimee Booth – School Nurse
Miss Emily-Jane Unsworth – Compass Bloom (Monday in school)
Miss Chloe Camm – PNE Game Changer Programme
In addition to the team listed above, we also have staff who are available for pupils to go and have a chat about any concerns that they may have. These staff will have a poster on their door outlining the times during break time or lunch time when they are available for a wellbeing chat.
We promote positive well-being by offering our pupils a wide variety of extra-curricular clubs and activities. Many of these link into our House System where pupils are grouped vertically across all year groups, allowing a sense of belonging and cohesion to be felt across the school. PSHE lessons look at a wide range of emotional, well-being and mental health issues, whilst also helping pupils to develop resilience and life skills for when they leave school. Assemblies bring year groups together for themed presentations sometimes delivered by guest speakers who specialize in particular areas.
Remember that whilst there are other agencies and charities that you can look to for help, we at school are here to continue to support you in any way that we can. Please do not hesitate to contact us on admin@lhs.lancs.sch.uk for the attention of Mrs Place. Other useful points of contact for support are listed below and there is also a document on the page outlining a number of useful websites etc. where parents and carers can access useful information on how to help their child at home or how to access services in their local area.
Remember that whilst there are other agencies and charities that you can look to for help, we at school are here to continue to support you in any way that we can. Please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Place edp@lhs.lancs.sch.uk .
School Counsellor
We employ an independent counsellor, who works with pupils in the school on Thursday’s and Friday’s during term time. The school counselling service allows pupils time to explore their own feelings and emotions in a safe environment, working towards enabling them to gain an understanding of themselves or situations they may be facing. Our school counsellor in Jas Singh. Jas can work with pupil’s experiencing a wide range of mental health and emotional issues, and has had high rates of success with our pupil’s over many years. Throughout the counselling process, Jas will aim is to help the pupil find solutions, strategies and ways to make effective changes. Jas will see pupils for as long as she deems is necessary and will continue to check in periodically with pupil’s who have finished their sessions with her.
Access to the counselling service can be requested by pupils themselves, school staff, parents / carers or outside agencies. Head’s of Year or our pastoral staff can complete referrals in school to request that a child is allocated an appointment with the school counsellor. If you feel that you would like more information about the school counselling service or feel that you would like your child to access the service, please contact your child’s Head of Year or Mrs Rogers.
