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What's New
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
Student's Stories
These are the real experiences of real young people, although names may have been changed to protect identity.
Lucy
Secondary school.
Lucy shares her mixed experience of being in education whilst coping with self harm and the various adjustments the school made to support her.
Matthew
Secondary school.
Matthew sought help from the school counsellor for his bulimia and self harm.
Amy-Louise
Secondary school.
Amy-Louise experienced bullying, self harm and anorexia. She tells of the substantial difference some special teachers made to her life.
Samantha
Secondary school.
Samantha describes how depression and bullying affected her school experience.
Helen
Secondary school.
Being admitted to an adolescent psychiatric unit affected Helen's treatment at school.
Jamie
Secondary school.
Jamie feels his school could have supported his education more thoroughly during his mental illness.
Rachel
Secondary school.
Rachel tells how her school did little to support her bipolar and borderline personality disorder.
Siobhain
Secondary school.
With particular recognition to eating disorders, Siobhain shares her passion for educating young people on mental illness.
Kat
Secondary school.
The support that Kat's school offered for her mental illness was very mixed. She explains how a particular teacher helped support her.
Sara
Secondary school.
Although initially little support was available for Sara, after a break in education she managed to complete 6th form.
Jo
Secondary school.
Jo describes how school failed to provide an understanding and supportive respite from her troubled family life.
Victoria
Secondary school.
Let down by the lack of support she received in school Victoria suffered in silence for many years.
