As part of the safeguarding at Cardrew Court School, it is our responsibility to record, co-ordinate, manage and support the safeguarding needs of all pupils, staff and the wider school community. Part of this duty is signposting our pupils, parents and carers to relevant information, websites and contacts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Designated Safeguarding Lead: DSL, Kerry Towers

or email safeguarding@cardrewcourt.org 

Pupils can also use the 'What I wish my teacher knew' box at reception of the Online Concern form if they do not wish to speak to an adult in person.

These links are full of self-care resources created specifically for young people: 

https://www.annafreud.org/on-my-mind/self-care/

Home - Kooth

Kooth is a Free, Anonymous and Safe Online Mental Wellbeing Community for young people aged 11-25 years within the local area.

"We provide a range of services to support young people’s wellbeing. Our trained and qualified counsellors are available until 10pm each night, 365 days per year. We also host pre-moderated, age-appropriate peer to peer discussion boards, live forums and articles, all of which hold young person friendly information as well as therapeutic content.

Whilst your child may not need or use the service, as part of supporting our schools to support students to look after their wellbeing, we are ensuring all children are aware of provision in the area that could assist them now, in their transition to secondary school or in the future.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss what Kooth can offer, please speak to a member of pastoral staff who will be able to answer your queries. If you would prefer to speak to representatives from Kooth directly, please email the Kooth team on parents@xenzone.com

Young Minds have some resources that speak directly to young people: 

https://youngminds.org.uk

Then, of course, there is Childline, who also have an app, called 'ForMe': 

www.childline.org.uk/

There is also a text number young people can use if they are in a crisis, simply by texting

SHOUT to 85258