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Michael Syddall Accreditation
14th May 2024
Michael Syddall CofE (Aided) Primary School in Richmond, North Yorkshire receive AcSEED Award
Sherborne House Accreditation
16th January 2024
Sherborne House School in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire receive AcSEED Award
The AcSEED Newsletter
28th July 2022
AcSEED Newsletter for July 2022
UK Government blog
21st July 2022
What we are doing to improve the mental health of children and young people
AcSEED at MHW Show 2022
11th May 2022
AcSEED were a presenter and exhibitor at the Mental Health and Wellbeing show in Cardiff on 10th May 2022
Wistaston Accreditation
25th April 2022
Wistaston Church Lane Academy in Crewe, Cheshire receive AcSEED Award
Gorse Hall Accreditation
7th April 2022
Gorse Hall Primary and Nursery School in Stalybridge, Cheshire receive AcSEED Award
Crosby High Accreditation
7th April 2022
Crosby High School in Crosby, Merseyside receive AcSEED Award
St Olave's Accreditation
1st April 2022
St Olave's Grammer School in Orpington, Kent receive AcSEED Award
St Paul's Accreditation
19th August 2021
St Paul's Church of England Primary School in Stalybridge, Cheshire receive AcSEED Award
The AcSEED Newsletter
14th December 2020
AcSEED Newsletter for December 2020
On-line Wellbeing Support
11th December 2020
Kooth: An on-line Mental Health Support Platform
Mental Health in Schools Conference
11th November 2020
Report from the Westminster Insight conference on Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools
Fairfield Road Accreditation
20th October 2020
Fairfield Road Primary School receive AcSEED Award
Newport Girls' get AcSEED Award
31st August 2020
Congratulations to Newport Girls' High School in Shropshire ...
First AcSEED Wellbeing Centre
25th June 2019
Trinity School and College opens the first AcSEED Wellbeing Centre
The Importance of PHSE
27th September 2012 ... Charlotte
Today I was a key note speaker at a university health day for PGCE students. I spoke with particular reference to the importance of covering mental illness and emotional wellbeing in PHSE.
Standing in front of the 400 students was one of the scariest things I have done in a long time; it's a good job that I was behind a lectern or they would have seen the extent to which my legs were shaking! I told my story pointing out that when I was ill and missing a lot of school the teachers told me to prioritise the lessons which I attended, they said not to go to PHSE as it "wasn't that important". Looking back I find this ironic as PHSE was probably the one subject that could have benefited me at the time, much more so than any academic subject. I got the impression that in my school some of the teachers regarded PHSE as a soft subject and this attitude was picked up by the students. Actually in my opinion PHSE is one of the most important subjects. When I left school I had nearly all A grades at GCSE but I was in an adolescent psychiatric unit, my point being that you can have the best grades in the world but if you're not in a place to be able to use them they are kind of pointless. School is not just about academic achievement but forming healthy well rounded individuals.
If there is one thing that I hope the students took away from today it would be the importance of ALL students studying mental illness, after all mental health is everyone's business. It's vital that students receive support so we can intervene early and help those one in ten young people that suffer with a diagonalisable condition. I had some really fantastic feedback from the students and even had several that opened up to me about their own difficulties. It was an honour to feel like I was influencing the next generation of teachers that will be caring for society's young people. I only wish my teachers had experienced the same training.