At Abbey College ‘Every Child Matters’, and we pride ourselves on our high standards of pastoral care. Each student is treated as an individual and supported to achieve the highest standards they are capable of.
Your child's form tutor is their first port of call for any concern that they might have. Our Welfare Team are available to provide support during lunch and break time for identified students to manage their emotions, resolve conflicts effectively or simply to provide an opportunity for a quiet chat. Alternatively, concerns or worries can be reported using the button in the 'Reporting a Concern' box.
We have trained a small group of our students to act as peer mediators. They support students in overcoming conflict and friendship issues. The aim of this is to model positive problem solving skills as well as preventing friendship problems from escalating into bullying. This can be requested using the button in the 'Reporting a Concern' box.
We have listed areas for support below or the Welfare Team can be emailed directly:
| SENDIASS | Cambridgeshire's SEND Information, Advice and Support Service | SENDIASS |
| Keep Your Head | Information for young people, parents/carers and professional on young people's mental health | www.keep-your-head.com |
| Mind | A free learning resource about the mental health of children young people and adults | https://mindedforfamilies.org.uk/ |
| Kite Trust | Suport with health and wellbeing | http://thekitetrust.org.uk/ |
| CAMHS Live | Support with feelings of Depression, Anxiety, Self-harming, Suicidal thoughts, Stressed | www.nhft.nhs.uk/camhslive |
| Young Minds | Crisis Messenger | Text YM to 85258 |
| Childline | Online, on the phone help about all areas of concern. Web site is full of useful information | 0800 1111 www.childline.org.uk |
| VOICE | Victim of theft, robbery, attacks, abuse, violence, harassment, or stalking? | 0300 3031965 |
| CIRV | In a Gang and want out? Know someone else who needs help getting out of gang related activity? | Call 24/7 on 07539183975 |
| STEM4 | Supporting teenage mental health | www.stem4.org.uk |
| NHS | For your mind, for your body – support for all areas | www.nhs.uk |
| NSPCC | National Society for the Protection of Children | 0808 800 5000 (free) |
| Samaritans | Support for people in crisis | 08457 909090 |
| Kooth | Free safe and online support for young people | Kooth.com |
| CHUMS | Mental health and emotional well-being to support children | Chums.uk.com Peterborough: 0330 0581 657 Cambridgeshire : 0330 0581 659 |
| Educate Against the Hate | Government advice and resources for schools to safeguard students from radicalisation, build resilience to all types of extremism and promote shared values. | https://www.educateagainsthate.com/ |
| PACE | Parents Against Child Exploitaiton | https://paceuk.info/ |
| Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families | Children's charity dedicated to providing training & support for child mental health services. | https://www.annafreud.org/ |
| FGM | Help and advice on FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) | https://www.gov.uk/female-genital-mutilation-help-advice |
| Chat Health Text Line |
Run by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Healthy Child Programme and is a secure and confidential text messaging service for young people aged 11-19 across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who are struggling with a range of health issues. |
07480 635 443 (open Monday - Friday 9.30-4pm) |