Embedding Whole Trust Approaches to Mental Health
Empowering leaders and schools to embed sustainable mental health practices across the entire Trust.
Innovating Minds works in partnership with Academy Trusts to develop and implement impactful, trust-wide mental health strategies
Our approach builds internal capacity, aligns with your vision and values, and ensures that mental health is embedded across every school and level of leadership.
From strategic planning to workforce development, we support Trusts to embed whole school approaches that are trauma-informed, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of pupils, staff, and families.
With extensive experience across mainstream, special, and alternative provisions, we provide tailored solutions that help you meet statutory responsibilities, drive sustainable change, and foster emotionally safe, resilient school communities.
Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust
Innovating Minds has proudly partnered with Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust for over a decade—supporting their journey to embed a strong, responsive mental health strategy across their family of specialist education settings, from primary school to further education.
Tudor Grange Academy
Several schools within Tudor Grange Academy Trust began their journey with Innovating Minds through our Senior Mental Health Lead training. The training, combined with coaching and access to our EduPod platform, proved highly effective in supporting schools to implement whole school approaches to mental health.
Following this success, the Trust expanded the partnership, now all schools within Tudor Grange access EduPod and receive ongoing coaching support. We also work in close collaboration with the Director of Inclusion, using shared insights to inform Trust-wide strategy and ensure a joined-up approach to mental health and wellbeing.
Star Academies
Star Academies is a growing network of primary and secondary schools dedicated to supporting vulnerable children, many of whom are affected by special educational needs, poverty, and mental ill health.
Working closely with the Trust’s SEMH Specialist, it was identified that students experiencing trauma and emotional distress were struggling to access early, trauma-informed support. In response, schools across the Trust have trained their frontline pastoral teams to deliver the Healing Together programmes. An evidence-based intervention designed to support children dealing with anxiety, angry feelings, and experiences of domestic abuse.
This approach has enabled Star Academies to embed a sustainable, cost-effective, and trauma-informed solution across its schools, ensuring that vulnerable pupils receive timely and meaningful support within their trusted school environment.
Thrive Education Partnership
At Thrive, the Head of Therapeutic Services is committed to embedding a whole school approach to mental health using evidence-based, clinically backed solutions. Through our partnership, schools across the Trust use EduPod to assess their current mental health provision and develop strategic action plans for improvement.
EduPod also enables the Head of Therapeutic Services to monitor progress across all schools, identify common themes, and target support where it’s needed most, ensuring a consistent, data-informed approach to mental health and wellbeing.
Whole School Mental Health Strategy
Innovating Minds supports Trusts in embedding a sustainable, evidence-based whole school approach to mental health, tailored to each school’s unique context and needs.
Evidence-Based, Clinically Backed Services
All services are developed by clinical psychologists, ensuring interventions are grounded in research and best practice for real, lasting impact.
Scalable Across the Trust
Innovating Minds’ services are designed to grow with your Trust—easily scalable across multiple schools while maintaining consistency and quality.
Ongoing Coaching & Data-Driven Insights
Staff receive expert coaching and CPD, while Trust leaders gain real-time insights to monitor progress, identify trends, and make informed decisions.
A complete digital platform to support your whole trust approach—saving time, reducing costs, and improving well-being for pupils and staff.
The Cost of Caring. Expert Clinical Supervision delivered by Psychologists for SLT, safeguarding leads and educational staff. Support your team to process vicarious trauma.
Equip your schools to provide early help from within. Train your staff to deliver trauma-informed programmes that support students in healing from trauma and mental ill health.
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