{"id":80,"date":"2026-09-16T17:07:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wmhst-referrals\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2026-09-24T16:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:30:22","slug":"schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wmhst\/schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting the whole school community"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Whole-school approach<\/h2>\n<p>As well as supporting individual children and young people, Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) work with schools to promote positive mental health and wellbeing for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>We help schools take a <strong>whole-school approach to mental health<\/strong>, which means creating an environment where:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mental health is understood and openly discussed<\/li>\n<li>Stigma is reduced<\/li>\n<li>Staff feel confident supporting pupils&#8217; wellbeing<\/li>\n<li>Children and young people can access the right support when they need it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each school receives support that is tailored to its own priorities and the needs of its pupils.<\/p>\n<h2>Support available<\/h2>\n<p>MHST partner schools can request a range of support, including:<\/p>\n<h3>Assemblies<\/h3>\n<p>Age-appropriate assemblies that raise awareness of mental health, wellbeing, and available support.<\/p>\n<h3>Workshops<\/h3>\n<p>Interactive sessions for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Individual classes<\/li>\n<li>Year groups<\/li>\n<li>Parents and carers<\/li>\n<li>School staff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Group support for children and young people<\/h3>\n<p>Targeted group interventions that help pupils develop skills and strategies to support their mental health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<h3>Group support for parents and carers<\/h3>\n<p>Targeted sessions that help parents and carers better understand and support their child&#8217;s emotional wellbeing.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Support for the Whole School and Collage Approach (WSCA) Audit<\/h3>\n<p>Support to audit and review your school&#8217;s whole-school approach to mental health, helping identify strengths and opportunities for development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whole-school approach As well as supporting individual children and young people, Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) work with schools to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wmhst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wmhst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wmhst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wmhst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wmhst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wmhst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wmhst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wmhst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wmhst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}