Wellbeing

Promoting Positive Well-being and Mental Health for the Whole School Community

Here at Roby Park Primary School, we value the health and well-being of all our students and staff and we hold the Well-being Award for Schools, administered by Award Place, in partnership with the National Children’s Bureau.

Over the past few years, we have been developing our work to promote positive well-being and mental health for the whole school community and gain accreditation for the work we have already done. It also ties in with our school aims, vision and ethos to help our students become caring, active citizens and achieve excellence.

In October 2020, we achieved the Wellbeing Award Status for 2020-23. See our fantastic report here: Roby Park Wellbeing Award Report. We were reassessed for the Wellbeing Award in March 2024 – here is our most up to date report,

About the Award

There are eight objectives to achieve within the Well-being Award Framework, containing several Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set out within each. The award focuses on ensuring effective practice and provision is in place that promotes the emotional well-being and mental health of both staff and pupils. The award will enable us to develop these practices where necessary and help us to ensure that well-being is embedded in the long-term culture of our school. It will help us to create an ethos where mental health is regarded as the responsibility of all.

With this award, we will demonstrate our commitment to:

Promoting mental health as part of every day school life
Improving the emotional well-being of our staff and pupils
Ensuring mental health problems are identified early and appropriate support provided
Offering provision and interventions that matches the needs of our pupils and staff
Promoting the importance of mental health awareness
Capturing the views of parents, pupils and teachers on mental health issues

Our Roby Park Wellbeing Champions

Wellbeing Champions have been appointed to take an active role in planning and delivering school Wellbeing events. They have undertaken an extensive training programme, with One Goal, learning to navigate their emotions, build relationships, develop a sense of self and develop the skills and mindset they need to successfully handle the challenges that come their way. This will help them support themselves and their peers.

Click on the One Goal logo, to find out more about the programme:

Our Roby Park staff Wellbeing Champions are Mrs Lyon and Mrs Tucker.

Our pupil Wellbeing Champions are:

Wellbeing Strategy

Our wellbeing strategy below sets out how we are working towards positive mental health and wellbeing for all. Using the questionnaires that all stakeholders have completed, we have evaluated what we have done so far.

Click here to find out more: Wellbeing Strategy

Key Documents

Mental Health and Well-being are increasingly a central consideration within the school and within the wider community. We have a number of different processes to help students who feel that they may need to talk to someone about their mental health or get the support for someone they are concerned about.

Online Reporting – if you have a concern about your child, another child or even yourself, you can email wellbeing@robyparkprimary.co.uk for further support.
Children can report on their own wellbeing on teh Zumos each morning and a staff member will support with this throughout the day.
Worry Boxes & Worry Monsters – pupils can post a note with concerns about another pupil or themselves. These are emptied daily and any information inside is followed up by the class teacher and/or a senior member of staff.
Pupils can self refer by coming to the well-being drop in sessions every Wednesday with Mrs Lyon or Mrs Tucker.
Pupils can also approach any member of staff that they feel confident with, with any concerns.

As a school, we take all aspects of a young person’s well-being seriously but we are first and foremost a school so as well as contacting us to let us know your concerns we strongly recommend that you contact your GP to discuss any concerns that you may have about your young person.

We place great emphasis on the welfare of our school community and provide support, information and guidance to help everyone at our school feel happy. We also celebrate the diverse and inclusive nature of our school community and recognise the faiths, beliefs and needs held by all.

Please see below for mental health & well-being information, signposting to local services and advice for parents:


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