Fulston Manor Prospectus

Fulston Manor Academies Trust

Mental Health and Wellbeing Within the Fulston Fami ly

Fulston Manor Academies Trust (FMAT) was formed by Fulston Manor School in 2013, three years after we became a single academy in October 2010. Fulston Manor has enjoyed an excellent reputation for many years, being heavily oversubscribed and attaining very high levels of academic achievement. An increasing involvement in school-to-school support and other collaborative ventures led us to becoming a National Support School and then to the award of Teaching School status (lead within the Swale Teaching School Alliance). The commitment to partnership working made the creation of a multi academy trust a logical step, providing a further way in which school improvement could be achieved. Although we have supported schools right across Kent, participated in the delivery of national conferences and been involved in forging strong international links, when developing the multi-academy group the intention was always to work with local schools in order to provide sustainable improvement and

enhanced provision for young people across Swale.

Parents and Carers and Staff

Wel lbeing Team

Students

The opportunity, therefore, to welcome South Avenue Primary School into our trust fitted perfectly into this framework and will ensure a solid foundation across all three phases of compulsory education.

It is estimated by the charity Mind that around 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem during the course of a year. The Fulston Family is a community of students, staff and parents and carers and our Wellbeing Team is on hand to support everybody. We have a team of trained specialists who can help in a variety of ways. Our Wellbeing Team can support students, staff, parents and carers - we are all members of the Fulston Family.

Our support does not stop with our students. Every person who joins our community is joining the Fulston Family and this extends to our parents and carers too. If you find yourself in need of support, we have plenty of resources available on our website. These range from wellbeing and mental health information to cost of living and bereavement guidance. Parents and carers can also contact our Wellbeing Team twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. We really are a (Fulston) family.

A common trait with mental health issues is for young people to bury or hide it inside. It is much healthier to have a

conversation with a peer, friend, parent/carer or a

member of staff. The hardest part is getting the conversation started. We have the capacity to run one-to-one counselling sessions within school as well as group workshops. Students can talk to their house pastoral teams, their teachers, friends and peers or can even be referred to our Wellbeing Team by a parent/carer.

wellbeing@fulstonmanor.kent.sch.uk www.fulstonmanor.kent.sch.uk/wellbeing