At Tow Law Millennium Primary School we are an inclusive school and we consult with a wide range of agencies and partnerships to ensure the Emotional and Social Development needs of SEND children are met. Staff understand the importance of Emotional and Social Development and aim to support and promote the emotional well-being of all children. On a daily basis, the class teacher is responsible for the pastoral and social care of every child in their class, therefore this would be the parents’ first point of contact should further advice or support be required. If further support is required after this, the class teacher liaises with the SENCO for further advice and support.
At Tow Law Millennium Primary School, we consult with a wide range of external agencies and we maintain close partnerships in order to access the best professional advice and to ensure the emotional and social development needs of SEN children are met.
In relation to emotional and social development, we work closely with the Local Authority and private providers of additional services. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Educational Psychologists,
- Occupational Therapy,
- CAHMS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service),
- Piece of Mind Team (previously known as Mental Health Support Team),
- School Nursing Service,
- Social Services,
- Emotional wellbeing and effective learning team (EWEL)
- Medical professionals.
- We often hold multi-professional meetings in school so that parents are comfortable in the school environment and the child can join us easily, if it is appropriate.
We also run and provide many different interventions and support in school including:
Lego Therapy
Emotion coaching strategies
Zones of regulation
Raising awareness and celebrating national events such as ‘Children’s mental health week’
Access to safe sensory spaces for all key stages
Sensory circuits
Social stories
5 ways to wellbeing
Piece of Mind Team
(previously named Mental Health Support Team)
We are pleased to share that we are working alongside the Piece of Mind Team (previously Mental Health Support Team). The Piece of Mind Team offer early help to children and young people who are struggling with mild to moderate mental health difficulties such as anxiety and/or low mood. We have attached a leaflet that explains the role of the Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) within the team and the support they can offer.
As well as working directly with children and young people, the team offer advice and guidance to staff members, parents and other professionals.
If you feel your child would benefit from support from support from the Piece of Mind Team or you would like additional information about the team, please contact Mrs McNally (Mental Health Lead) to discuss further.
Education Mental Health Practitioner leaflet
We are an inclusive school; we welcome and celebrate diversity and are proud to be a Gold Award Educate and Celebrate school and an IQM Flagship School. All staff believe that children having high self-esteem is crucial to a child’s wellbeing. We have a caring, understanding team supporting our children in school. As a school we have a very positive approach to all types of behaviour with a clear reward system that is followed by all staff and pupils.
Attendance of every child is monitored on a daily basis. Lateness and absence are recorded using our electronic register and Inventry signing in system and reports are generated for Head Teacher scrutiny. We encourage 100% attendance through an incentive scheme. Where attendance becomes an issue, we seek support from the Local Authority.
Wellbeing Award for Schools
In autumn 2020, we signed up to work towards the Wellbeing Award for Schools. We were very proud to be awarded the Wellbeing Award for Schools in December 2021.
The 2021 award report outlined that ‘the wellbeing of all is one of the central principles of the school and there is a commitment to support wellbeing across the whole school community‘. It goes on further to state that ‘leaders have developed a culture throughout the whole school which is supportive both of staff, pupils and their wider family‘ and that the ‘the school learning environment, both internally and externally, has been developed to support and promote the wellbeing of all: there is a very warm and nurturing atmosphere.’
In July 2025, we went through the reassessment process for the Wellbeing Award for Schools and are very proud to have been re-awarded the award until July 2028!
Please take the time to read our Wellbeing Award for Schools Report – we are very proud of it!
