Our mental health team has been strengthened this year and is a vital source of support and expertise for our schools, providing what has become a transformative Trust-wide mental health support programme. Today, the team delivers approximately 50 support interventions every term across our schools, often working with some of our most emotionally vulnerable learners. In collaboration with key partners like Tigers Trust and Mable Therapy, we are ensuring our learners receive the care, guidance, and therapeutic support they need. Their work is truly life changing.
Our exceptional safeguarding teams and Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) are the silent guardians at the heart of every school, championing the protection, dignity, and well-being of our most vulnerable learners. External safeguarding reviews have taken place across a number of our schools and the feedback has been powerful and affirming. Our systems have been rigorously tested, and they have stood strong. We are incredibly proud of the way our schools have responded and their high levels of training and preparedness across multiple areas of safeguarding.
Building on the successful launch of our Trust-wide Early Help Offer in 2024, we have further embedded this model to complement and elevate the work already taking place in our schools. This integrated approach is enabling us to identify needs earlier, provide timely support, and reduce escalation, ensuring better outcomes for learners and families.