School Mental Health Award launched in Wales!

Oldcastle Primary School is proud to achieve the School Mental Health, working with The Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health at Leeds Beckett University.  We aim to use the quality mark as a catalyst to start the conversation on how we improve and support positive mental health in our schools.   

Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools - Mental Health Award - Bronze status

The award takes a whole school approach to mental health and covers eight key competencies each with a series of statements that schools will work to embed. The eight competencies are: 

• Leadership and strategy.

• Organisational structure and culture – staff

• Organisational structure and culture – pupils

• Support for staff. 

• Support for pupils

• Staff professional development and learning

• Working with parents and carers

• Working with external services

Mental Health First Aiders

We have two staff in Oldcastle who are trained in Mental Health First Aid. Mrs Addell Whiteley and Mrs Rachel Evans attended the St Johns Mental Health First Aid course in September 2023.