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The AcSEED Newsletter
29th September 2025
AcSEED Newsletter for September 2025
AcSEED Youth MH Award
18th July 2025
AcSEED receives Recognised Leader in Youth Mental Health Awareness 2025 Award from Acquisition International.
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
Improving Emotional Wellbeing Services in Your School
Best-practice ideas:
- Books on mental health in library
- Employment of a counsellor
- Peer support network
- Leaflets advertising support agencies & helplines
- Mental health awareness lessons
- Visits from individuals with first hand experience of mental illness
- Worry board/ box
- Drop-ins
- Quiet areas
- Awareness raising lessons for parents/ carers
You should also consider :
- Establishing contact with the local CAMHS / mental health charities
- Developing school policies that support emotional wellbeing
- Incorporating emotional wellbeing into the school development plan
- Awareness for the school Governors and Senior Management Team
- Training teachers to support emotionally vulnerable students
- Listening to students to understand the type of support they need
- Engaging parents/ carers and the community in developing support services
