Wellsway School takes seriously its responsibility to protect and safeguard the welfare of the children and young people in its care. The welfare and safety of the children in our care is of paramount importance to us and we foster a culture of vigilance among staff, students and parents/carers. We always listen to children and take their concerns seriously. To help us do so, we stay well informed about both national and local issues and are proud to have taken part in both national and local campaigns and training programmes to develop systems to positively promote student welfare alongside staff understanding and knowledge around key issues our young people may be facing.

Please feel free to contact Mr Steve Ive (Designated Safeguarding Lead) email: sive@wellswayschool.com or contact the school if you have any concerns in relation to students wellbeing.

The information outlined here aims to provide parents and carers with key information, advice and guidance and includes links to outside agencies and useful reference sites.

Further guidance for parents and carers is available from our child protection and safeguarding policy or from the websites/workshops below.

• Childnet
• Daughters of Eve
• It’s not okay
• NSPCC
• Pace
• Keeping children and young people safe against radicalisation and extremism (Pdf, 110kb)

School nursing service

If you would like more information on the B&NES School Nursing Service, then please click on the link below. Students can book an appointment with school nurse Fiona McGlynn through their Tutor, Learning Mentor or Head of House.

• School nursing – B&NES Community Health and Care Services

Behaviour and family mentoring 

• Behaviour and family mentoring and support (Pdf)

Mental health

• Bereavement and grief support (Pdf)
• Mental health guidance (Pdf)
• Self harming policy
• Social, emotional, mental health support agencies (Pdf)

Safeguarding newsletters

• Harmful sexual behaviours (Pdf)
• Child criminal exploitation (Pdf)

Substance misuse 

• Substance misuse support (Pdf) 

Parent/carer PSHE curriculum evening

• How we support students through our tutor time and PSHE programme (Pdf)
• PSHE outside speakers and workshops 2022/23 (Pdf)
• PSHE outside speakers and workshops 2023/24 (Pdf)
• Year 7 PSHE overview
• Year 8 PSHE overview
• Year 9 PSHE overview
• Year 10 PSHE overview
• Year 11 PSHE overview

Student wellbeing evening for parents and carers 2022/23

• Mental health discover Kooth (Pdf)
• Mini mental health activities brochure (Pdf)
• Online safety links (Pdf)
• Online safety (Pdf)
• Online safety CSE CCE (Pdf)
• Puff bars information leaflet (Pdf)
• Puff bars and vaping (Pdf)
• Kooth FAQs (Pdf)
• Kooth brochure (Pdf)
• Child exploitation (Pdf)

Student wellbeing evening for parents and carers 2023/24

• Mental health and well-being awareness presentation (Pdf)
• Social anxiety and graded exposure awareness (Pdf)
• Autism and mental health: signs and symptoms of autism
• Autism (ASD) fact sheets
• Mental health and wellbeing workshop for parents and carers (Pdf)
• Sleep – a guide for parents of autistic children

Further information

• Confidential help and support (Pdf)
• Bullying (Pdf)
• Child sexual exploitation (CSE) (Pdf)
• Extremism and radicalisation (Pdf)
• Female genital mutilation (FGM) (Pdf)
• Project 28 – knife crime awareness workshop (Pdf)