At Archbishop Holgate’s School, we offer a wide range of extra support in school to students when needed. Below are different support options available:
Pastoral Team
The Pastoral Team are the first port of call to parental enquiries and are there to support the day to day life of students in their year group. They can support students with a wide range of difficulties by offering one-to-one time and small group wellbeing sessions. The Pastoral Team offer early intervention and preventative work around the school, including social times, to enable students to feel well supported when needed.
School Counsellor
The School Counselling Service provides an opportunity for students to explore and understand their difficulties within a safe and confidential space. Sometimes we all have problems that are worrying. Think of a confusing jigsaw when all the pieces are difficult to match together. Talking about a problem in counselling is like sorting out all the pieces so we can begin to build a picture that makes more sense to us.
Sometimes it’s difficult to talk to parents, friends or teachers about things that are making us anxious. A counsellor is someone who you can talk to in a different way, someone who will give you time and listen to you very carefully, who will not judge you or tell you what to do.
Counselling is about helping you to work things out for yourself, making decisions and choices and helping you to look at things differently. It can help you to feel better about yourself.
You might prefer or need to access further support outside of school such as self-help websites, online counselling, MIND or CAMHS. Please CLICK HERE for further information.