Wellbeing & Pastoral Care

To create a stress-free transition into Nursery or Pre-Prep, we have also designed a programme of themed New to North Bridge events. From adventures in art to storytelling and science week, these events are a great opportunity for parents and children to get to know our teaching team ahead of their official start date. Come your child’s first day, they are familiar with their new learning environment and already settled in with friends and familiar faces.

Therefore, we have a later start time for our teenage pupils in line with current findings about the teenage body clock, and we facilitate engaging guest speaker sessions on topics such as social media and screen time, which help parent understanding and family wellbeing as a whole. We further raise staff and parents’ awareness about how to foster good mental health through training and workshops with a mental health expert. This type of parental collaboration helps our pupils develop resilience and self-reliance, whatever the circumstances. Plus, as a Cognita School, staff, students and parents alike have access to a wide range of wellbeing resources through the Be Well Charter to support our whole school community regardless of the post- pandemic landscape.

Through our broad, structured, and carefully designed PSHE programme, we aim to teach students about the facts concerning their growth and development as individuals. We introduce concepts such as respect, liberty and equality to enable them to develop informed opinions and attitudes for themselves about a range of personal, social and moral issues. Our programme of assemblies, guest speakers, awareness fortnights, careers fairs and charity initiatives, give further scope to explore the views of others.

From the day a child begins life at North Bridge House until they day they leave, every effort is made to make the, feel welcome and supported. At our Prep and Senior Schools, children meet with their Form Teacher or Form Tutor each day. The strong bond of trust that is established between pupils and form staff, enables free communication in an environment where pupils feel seen, heard and where they know they are taken seriously. The Form Teacher takes ownership of the pupils within their care, encouraging them to flourish by embracing each opportunity to learn and participate in the numerous co-curricular, sports, music, and art activities provided by the school. Specialist support is also available from our on-site Senior School counsellor and our SENCos (Specialist Educational Needs Co-ordinator).