Wellbeing & Safeguarding Scarborough College
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Wellbeing & Safeguarding

Championing Safeguarding

I am delighted to be championing safeguarding and wellbeing at Scarborough College.

Throughout my teaching career, I have seen the advocacy of pupil safeguarding develop and receive the prominence it deserves. As a boarding housemaster previously, and Assistant Head (Boarding), I know how pivotal positive mental wellbeing and student safety are in a child’s life.

I have experienced firsthand Scarborough College as a school that not only promotes these aspects of the educational experience but genuinely safeguard and live it. I am proud to be contributing to the continued efforts in this field.

If you have any wellbeing or pastoral suggestions or issues that you would like to raise, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me.

Mr Sam Thurgood, Deputy Head Pastoral

Mental Health Awareness & Support

We take mental health seriously and we recognise it as crucial to our students’ overall wellbeing. We teach our students to recognise warning signs and equip them with strategies. Both pastoral and boarding care is interwoven with policies such as Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing advocating strong partnerships between pastoral leaders and houseparents. The College employs a School Counsellor and students can refer themselves when they wish to do so.

External Sources & Collaborations

A suite of trusted external resources is made available to students. These include YoungMinds and the Anna Freud Centre, which complement the College’s internal support. Parents might like to consider websites such as thinkuknow.co.uk, mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk or the NHS Mental Health website. These sites provide support for talking to your child and cover areas such as healthy eating, internet safety and talking to your child.

Yorkshire Grit &
Yorkshire Pebbles

We embed wellbeing throughout the school and feature a number of innovative and unique programmes. Yorkshire Grit, available in the Senior School, builds resilience, confidence and mindfulness. Yorkshire Pebbles, the Prep School version of Yorkshire Grit, is a fun and imaginative programme full of beach adventures inspiring curiosity, independence and teamwork from an early age.

 

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