Higher Lane Primary School

Pastoral Team

At Higher Lane Primary School we want to make sure that children are happy, secure and successful and recognise the importance of good mental health. We believe that by creating resilient young people, our children will understand how to manage change, cope with stress effectively, manage their thoughts and feelings and have good problem solving skills.

Higher Lane is committed to supporting all members of our school community and recognise sometimes some children or their families need a little bit of extra help. There are a team of adults in school who organise and provide additional support for parents, carers and children. 

Mrs Schofield works with children in and out of class who may require emotional support. Mrs Schofield also runs groups for children to help them cope with change and challenging situations such as transition to another class or secondary school. Our aim is to give children the skills they need to be able to improve their own resilience and face hardships or difficulties with strength and determination.

The well-being room is an inclusive, predictable, calm environment, where children are valued, respected and nurtured unconditionally and the place you will usually find Mrs Schofield. 1-1 or group sessions take place in the well-being and our lunchtime Chill Club is often found here too. 

Miss Canavan, Mrs Stubbs and Mrs Gibbons work closely with the teachers to track your child’s progress in school and organise extra support if your child is falling behind. Senior Leaders also work with the Pastoral staff to ensure that children are emotionally secure and in a place of safety which will then allow them to access the other aspects of the curriculum that the school offers. This provision is monitored and the impact is assessed each half term to ensure next steps are planned for.