Student Mental Health
At Sir John Lawes we take a whole school approach to promoting positive mental health by creating a whole school culture of positive well-being. We encourage student to build emotional resilience, and help them to understand the importance of looking after their own mental health, as they face the various challenges that modern life presents.
We are committed to supporting students’ mental health and wellbeing to enable students to achieve their personal best in all aspects of their lives, intellectually, morally, socially and emotionally. The school has a strong pastoral system of form tutors, Heads of Year and Student Service Managers and also a PSHE curriculum which supports discussion of issues such as self-harm, depression and maintaining wellbeing.
“Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, its still an illness, and there should be no distinction” Michelle Obama
Sir John Lawes School's First Aid for Mental Health Initiative
If you have any questions about any of the information or would like to talk to a member of staff about any worry or concern, please contact your Form Tutor, SSM, Mrs Hayden or Ms Wright. E-mail contacts are below:
Role |
Name | |
---|---|---|
Mental Health Lead |
Mrs Hayden | nhayden@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
Deputy Mental Health Lead |
Ms Wright | hwright@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
Head of Year 7 |
Mr Howard | rhoward@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
Head of Year 8 |
Ms Marino | vmarino@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
Head of Year 9 |
Miss Woolrych | rwoolrych@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
Head of Year 10 |
Mrs Hayden | nhayden@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
Head of Year 11 |
Miss Heley | dheley@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
Head of Sixth Form |
Ms Calverley | scalverley@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
Student Services Manager KS3 |
Mrs Button | cbutton@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
Student Services Manager KS4 |
Miss Beckett | dbeckett@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
Student Services Manager KS5 |
Mrs P Akhtar | pakhtar@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
Additional Support
Role |
Name | |
---|---|---|
Counselling |
Mrs Blackmore | hblackmore@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
NLP |
Mrs Thomas | jthomas@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
Wellbeing Room |
Miss O'Brien | vobrien@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
Attendance |
Mrs Hackwood | hhackwood@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
ELSA |
Mrs Le Grice | llegrice@sjl.herts.sch.uk |
1 in 5 teens has had a serious mental health disorder at some point in their life.
50% of all mental illnesses begin by age 14, and 75% by the mid-20s.
Data from Mental Health First Aid
We would encourage you to use the links to organisations and services below which are extremely helpful and provide excellent guidance for young people who are finding it difficult to manage their emotional well-being and mental health:
Anxiety
Health for Teens - Chat Health
You can also speak to your GP
Bereavement
Depression / Low Mood
Eating Disorder
Self-harm
Telephone Helplines
- Suicidal - call 999
- Samaritans - are someone to talk to 24/7, 365 days a year call 116 123
- Childline - is a confidential service for young people up to the age of 19. You can contact a ChildLine counsellor about anything - no problem is too big or too small. Call 0800 1111
- CALM – for men aged 15+ 0800 585 858