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Mental Health & Well-being

Ascot International School actively promotes an all round ethos of positive mental health and wellbeing. Primarily it is about student mental health but of course, staff’s mental health and wellbeing is interrelated, and the two go hand in hand. Positive wellbeing affects the whole school culture. The intention of this policy is to act as guidance for all staff including support staff and governors.

Primary Years at Ascot International School

Pastoral
Support

At Ascot we have a very strong and supportive pastoral system that is designed to support our students’ emotional, personal and academic growth. At the heart of this is the form tutor; each student is assigned to a form tutor who will meet the students at the start of the day during the registration period. They will also meet together for an hour during the week where an assembly will take place and tutors will give out notices, set targets and check on student progress. After assessments, tutors will analyse results and performance in order to assist students in their improvement.

If there are any issues that need to be addressed, subject teachers will contact tutors who will coordinate the appropriate response, which may be communicating with parents, the Assistant Head of Pastoral Care or the Secondary Headteacher.

SAFEGUARDING
& CHILD PROTECTION

At Ascot International School, we believe that it is every child has the right to learn in conditions which promote the optimum development of their intellectual, physical, emotional and social well-being. Everyone in the Ascot community has a responsibility to ensure that children are supported and protected in order to achieve their optimum development. Issues relating to child protection are important in all international contexts, irrespective of socio-economic backgrounds. 

As a school, we recognise that we are in a unique position of responsibility for the safety and welfare of students. Ascot is committed to embedding safeguarding policies, procedures and guidelines into the school’s practices to ensure that we fulfil our duties towards child protection.

Safeguarding 2026

Wellbeing and Behaviour

Ascot International School places a top priority on promoting community well-being, recognizing its crucial role in shaping the future of our students and the world they inhabit. 

Our primary objective is to facilitate the flourishing, thriving, and achievement of every student. We firmly believe that this can only be accomplished by giving equal importance to the social-emotional, ethical, and physical development of students, alongside their academic needs. 

We acknowledge the reciprocal and interconnected relationship between well-being and learning, where positive well-being has a beneficial impact on student learning outcomes, and successful learning enhances student well-being. Our approach to nurturing student well-being is through the practice of positive education, which is vital in supporting every student to become the best version of themselves. 

Core Philosophy: The PERMAH Framework

Our approach to behaviour is rooted in Positive Education, focusing on the flourishing of every student. We use the PERMAH model to ensure a balanced lifestyle and resilient mindset:

  • Positive Emotion: Fostering safety, happiness, and belonging.

  • Engagement: Encouraging deep involvement in learning and school life.

  • Relationships: Building strong, respectful connections between students and staff.

  • Meaning: Helping students understand the purpose and impact of their actions.

  • Accomplishment: Celebrating academic and personal growth.

  • Health: Prioritizing physical and mental well-being.

Positive education involves enthusiastically engaging with proactive practices that enhance the well-being of the community as a whole. We have deeply ingrained consideration for student well-being in all aspects of school life and community, making it implicit in our way of being and explicit in our strategies, structures, programs, and policies. 

Positive Education, is an evidence-based, proactive approach to wellbeing centred on the cultivation of competencies, knowledge, and skills to flourish. 

We believe in Positive Education as a fundamental approach to connecting and engaging with our students, enabling them to attain their best selves. This approach encompasses six interrelated domains that are crucial to fostering human flourishing – positive relationships, positive emotions, positive engagement, positive accomplishment, positive health, and positive purpose. We believe that by focusing on these domains, we can equip our students with positive mental health strategies that promote resilience and the ability to manage daily stresses.

Aprroaches to Learning and Learner Profile Attributes

 

Positive Emotions 

Engagement 

Relationships 

Meaning 

Accomplishment

Health

Approaches to Learning 

Self management 

Self management 

Social skills

Communication 

Self management 

Social skills

Communication 

Research skills, Communication

Self 

management

Self 

management 

Learner 

Profile 

Attributes

Balanced, 

Caring

Inquirer, Risk-taker

Communicator

Reflective, 

Principled

KnowledgeableOpen-minded

Inquirer, 

Risk-taker, 

Thinker

Caring, 

Knowledgeable

Ascot Student and Philosophy

Primary students participate in activities that encourage the principles of authentic happiness, the development and utilisation of their personality strengths, learner profile attributes, and the acquisition of skills to enhance their level of resilience, through explicit and implicit curriculum development. 

In the Secondary School we build on the skills students have learned in the Primary School. As a school we are committed to creating a safe, inclusive, and respectful school environment that promotes the wellbeing and success of all members of our community. In line with Ascot’s vision, mission, and values, we recognize the importance of positive discipline, restorative justice and anti-bullying policies in promoting a safe, inclusive, and respectful school environment that fosters the wellbeing of our students, staff, and wider community. 

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