As part of The Education Alliance (TEAL), we are extremely fortunate to benefit from the TEAL Be Well programme. This programme provides emotional and wellbeing support for students, parents/carers and staff in addition to what schools are normally able to offer.

The TEAL Be Well Programme is a unique resource commissioned by The Education Alliance to increase mental health provision for children, staff and parents/carers across the schools in our Trust, including The Snaith School. The programme is made possible through close partnerships with several organisations. Here is a snapshot of support across TEAL schools from 2024/25.

At the Snaith School, the Be Well Programme consists of two elements:

• Hull and East Yorkshire (HEY) Mind – The Whole School Approach for all children, parents/carers and staff Heymind.org.uk
• SMASH – (Social Mediation and Self Help)

Hull and East Yorkshire (HEY) Mind – Whole School Approach

Michelle Wynne from HEY Mind is based in The Snaith School for two days per week (Monday and Tuesday)

Our school community is supported through a range of activities, including:

• High quality training and support
• Access to a listening service for students, parents/carers and staff as a drop-in service, in person or virtually
• An age appropriate workshop for all students (see below)
• A range of workshops for parents (see below)
• Access to a high-quality training programme for young people who wish to become Wellbeing Ambassadors
• Intensive student support through the ‘Big Umbrella’ programme
• Pupil Resilience Programme

Parents/ carers are able to seek support from Mind directly by either speaking to Michelle during parent’s evenings or contacting her directly on MWynne@heymind.org.uk. She can provide a listening ear or signposting service depending on individual need.

During the academic year, over 490 students have benefited from the programme’s wider interventions. 370 sessions have taken place through the focussed interventions offered by MIND. This has increased significantly with all students in Year 6 to Year 11 being offered access to an age appropriate workshop:

Year 6 – Transition and self-care- Delivered as part of our transition days How to cope with change – primary to secondary school video link

Year 7 – Ways to wellbeing

Year 8 – How to cope with change

Year 9 – Self-esteem and confidence

Year 10 – Resilience and adult life

Year 11- Managing exam stress

Listen Loud

The Listen Loud programme will support young people who are experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties through a combination of one-to-one support and/or group work. At The Snaith School we will be supported by a trained practitioner, who will be based within school for part of the week. 

Areas of the Listen Loud programme include: 

Apologising 

Boundaries 

Communication/conversation skills 

Resolving conflict 

Tolerance and acceptance 

Social Cues 

Personal Space 

Manners 

Social skills 

Circle of control 

Negative thoughts 

Our allocated practitioner will also provide lunchtime ‘drop-in’ sessions for any pupils requiring additional support and can be present at parent’s evenings to discuss any issues with parents. 

Links to our curriculum 

The unique provision possible from the Be Well programme compliments the work that we already do through our APEX curriculum and in-school pastoral interventions. However, without the Be Well support it is very likely that pupils at The Snaith School would have had to wait a considerable time for the specialist support they require from external services. Find out more about APEX here:  

If you would like to find out more about the interventions available in school or the Be Well programme specifically, please contact your child’s Year Leader in the first instance.