Virtual School

09/04/2025 – Planning and Budgeting Workshop (yrs 8-11 only)

Themes: Education for all (Inclusion), Virtual SchoolAudience: Families

The Sutton Virtual School has organised a series of money related workshops for our young people. The first focuses on the importance of goal setting and how to successfully budget your finances – a key life skill for all young people.

Wed 9 April, 2025, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Location: online (link will be sent nearer the date)

Cost: Free

20/03/2025 – All other Carers’ session on behaviour, helping to regulate and manage emotions (Virtual School)

Themes: Education for all (Inclusion), Keeping children safe, Virtual School

Welcoming Sutton carers of: Children in Care | Previously Looked-After | Special Guardianship | Adopters | Kinship Care Join us for a themed discussion and get advice about the children you care for. Meet other carers and have some time to ask questions. Education and therapeutic specialists will be on hand to answer questions and […]

Thu 20 March, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:15pm

All other Carers’ session on behaviour, helping to regulate and manage emotions - led by Therapeutic Specialists

The Cabin,
Sutton Family Centre,
SM1 2SD

20/03/2025 – Foster Carers’ session on behaviour, helping to regulate and manage emotions (Virtual School)

Themes: Education for all (Inclusion), Keeping children safe, Virtual School

Welcoming Sutton carers of: Children in Care | Previously Looked-After | Special Guardianship | Adopters | Kinship Care Join us for a themed discussion and get advice about the children you care for. Meet other carers and have some time to ask questions. Education and therapeutic specialists will be on hand to answer questions and […]

Thu 20 March, 2025, 10:30am - 11:45am

Foster Carers’ session on behaviour, helping to regulate and manage emotions - led by Therapeutic Specialists

The Cabin,
Sutton Family Centre,
SM1 2SD

04/06/2025 – Promoting Cultural Differences / Life story work (Virtual School)

Themes: Education for all (Inclusion), Keeping children safe, Virtual School

Welcoming Sutton carers of: Children in Care | Previously Looked-After | Special Guardianship | Adopters | Kinship Care Join us for a themed discussion and get advice about the children you care for. Meet other carers and have some time to ask questions. Education and therapeutic specialists will be on hand to answer questions and […]

Wed 4 June, 2025, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Promoting Cultural Differences / Life story work - led by Therapeutic specialists

The Cabin,
Sutton Life Centre,
SM1 2SD

17/06/2025 – Supporting young people with transitions with school and placements (Virtual School)

Themes: Education for all (Inclusion), Keeping children safe, Virtual School

Welcoming Sutton carers of: Children in Care | Previously Looked-After | Special Guardianship | Adopters | Kinship Care Join us for a themed discussion and get advice about the children you care for. Meet other carers and have some time to ask questions. Education and therapeutic specialists will be on hand to answer questions and […]

Tue 17 June, 2025, 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Supporting young people with transitions with school and placements- led by Sutton Virtual School Advisor

The Cabin,
Sutton Life Centre,
SM1 2SD

Kinship

Sutton Virtual School acts as a local authority champion to promote the educational outcomes of children in kinship care. This includes children in kinship care through child arrangement orders, special guardianship and those living in kinship care who are or were looked after. What is Kinship? “Kinship carers are family or friends who step up, […]

Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA)

ELSAs are trained to support pupils with social and emotional needs. Their work is mostly one-on-one, though small group sessions are sometimes used for social and friendship skills. ELSAs receive clinical supervision from educational psychologists but are managed within their own schools. ELSAs cannot fix children’s problems but provide crucial emotional support. They build respectful […]

Referral Process

The MHST recognise importance of a coordinated approach to mental health support, especially within educational settings. Our referral process is designed to ensure that individuals receive the right level of support at the right time, with careful consideration of their unique needs and circumstances. Before initiating the referral process, it’s essential to reach out to […]

Meet the team

Elizabeth Ross CBT Therapist/Art Therapist I understand that there is no one size fits all approach to therapy and aim to work together with young people to support understanding, change and growth. Sarah Bass Dramatherapist I aim to help people harness their creativity to aide healing, growth, and development. EMDR therapy also sits within my […]

MHST Services and Training

Our Services Our service menu is carefully crafted to cater to the diverse needs of students, educators, and families. Our service ranges from 6 to 8 individual and group therapy sessions, workshops on managing difficult emotions or mental health needs. The MHST provides evidence-based interventions delivered by an eclectic team of mental health practitioners. Explore […]