Part of the Collective Psychology Group
Expert guidance for schools navigating mental health and safeguarding
At Collective Schools, our team of highly specialist clinical psychologists works in partnership with schools to support staff, pupils, and families in navigating emotional and mental health challenges.
Central to our offer is COMPASS, a dedicated consultation line that gives schools direct access to clinical psychologists for timely advice and guidance on safeguarding and mental health concerns.
Our mission is to embed psychological thinking within education settings, creating safer, more resilient communities where wellbeing is prioritised and support is accessible.
Explore our services, meet our team, and discover how we can support your school community.
Part of the Multi-Award-Winning Collective Psychology Group
Specialist Psychology Services for Education Settings
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Builds long-term sustainability
A psychologically informed school environment drives stability, resilience, and improved organisational outcomes over time.
Enhances staff wellbeing and retention
Lower emotional strain reduces burnout, sickness absence, and turnover.
Protects funding and performance metrics
Reduced absenteeism and crisis-related disruption support stronger attainment data and prevent financial losses linked to persistent absence.
Improves student outcomes
Better mental health is consistently linked to stronger academic performance, increased attendance, and fewer behavioural incidents.
Reduces staff burden
Pastoral and teaching teams are relieved from managing complex mental health cases alone, enabling them to focus on core roles.
Brings specialist expertise
Clinical psychologists assess risk, lead complex case formulations, deliver evidence-based interventions, and streamline referral pathways for mental health support.
Meets statutory safeguarding expectations
Strengthens compliance with Keeping Children Safe in Education and Working Together to Safeguard Children through expert, multi-agency case coordination.
Aligned with national priorities
Supports early intervention, safeguarding, and academic attainment aims set out in the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Green Paper.
Embedding a clinical psychology team within your school directly supports national priorities for early intervention, safeguarding, and educational attainment. Government guidance such as the Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Green Paper emphasises the need for specialist mental health input in schools, while the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education and Working Together to Safeguard Children outlines clear expectations for robust, multi-agency safeguarding practice. Clinical psychologists are trained to assess risk, lead complex case formulation, deliver evidence-based interventions, and coordinate care, helping schools meet statutory requirements more effectively and reducing the burden on pastoral and teaching staff.
Research consistently shows that improved mental health and wellbeing are linked to better academic performance, higher attendance, and reduced behavioural incidents. This leads to stronger attainment data, lower absence-related funding losses, reduced crisis-related disruption, and improved staff wellbeing through reduced emotional strain and burnout. By providing specialist support, Collective Schools will support you in developing an environment in which students can learn and staff can focus on their core roles, contributing to improved performance indicators and long-term organisational sustainability.
Why schools choose our specialist clinical support:
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- Direct line to your own allocated, highly specialist, HCPC registered clinical psychologist
- Available exclusively to commissioned schools
- No referral process, just direct access
- Immediate advice, guidance, and signposting (timescales dependant on package)
- Promotes early intervention and helps prevent crisis escalation and the development of chronic mental health difficulties
Key features
COMPASS is our dedicated consultation line for schools, offering fast, expert input from highly qualified clinical psychologists. Whether you're looking for advice on a student, support with a safeguarding concern, or guidance for staff or pastoral teams, COMPASS provides a responsive and confidential space to think things through.
Direct, Specialist Support When You Need It
What is Compass?
Expert guidance for schools navigating mental health and safeguarding
COMPASS
The Consultation Line
- Wellbeing groups for staff teams
- A resource hub with access to handout and recommendations of websites/books/apps for specific difficulties
- Workshops for students on a range of emotional and mental health topics
Additional Psychology Specific Services and Training
- Drop in sessions for parents, staff, students
- One off psychological assessments with the provision of recommendations and strategies
- Fast access to 1-1 therapy
- Access to Consultant Clinical Psychologist and psychological assessment
- Provision of ‘self-help’ videos produced by us that can be disseminated to students as required
Assessment and Intervention
- Consultation line for fast and direct access from a Clinical Psychologist about specific concerns or guidance
- The provision of supervision for existing pastoral support staff and counsellors
- Reflective practice groups for teachers, SLT, pastoral support staff
Consultancy and Advice
Here are just some of the services we provide:
Collective Schools can work directly with school communities; teachers, pupils, pastoral teams, parents and SLT’s, to provide fast access to specialist mental health support. The hope being that through the early identification of mental health needs we can reduce the number of young people in crisis and thus, limit the impact on their lives, studies, academic performance and prospects.
School Commissioned Services
Families
Couples
Adults
Young People
Children
Who we work with:
To complement and enhance the services offered by Collective Schools, the Collective Psychology group offers gold-standard, specialist psychological therapy through our multi-award-winning clinics in Surrey, Kent, and online, supporting students and families who may benefit from more focused care or intervention
Talking Therapy
Collective Psychology
For more information about Talking Therapy, check out Collective Psychology
Difficulties Supported
Services Offered
Therapies Offered
Anxiety
Anger
Attendance anxiety / Emotionally based school avoidance
Social anxiety
Depression
Eating difficulties
LGBTQIA mental health
Neurodevelopmental difficulties
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Panic Attacks
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) including complex PTSD
Phobias (including emetophobia)
Self-esteem
Sleep problems
Stress
Physical health conditions
Difficulties Supported
Perinatal Psychology
Cognitive assessments
School Liaison
Systemic Psychotherapy
Play Therapy
Individual therapy
Family therapy
Couples therapy
Sex therapy
Services Offered
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy (Including Narrative Approaches)
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
- Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT)
- Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Therapies Offered
At Collective Schools, we’re guided by a deep commitment to integrity, professionalism, and authentic connection. We believe in working collaboratively with school communities, building trust, fostering openness, and always holding confidentiality and privacy in the highest regard.
Our Values
We believe early intervention is essential, but navigating mental health support within schools can often feel complex and overwhelming. At Collective Schools, our vision is to simplify access to psychological services by offering clear, responsive, and expert guidance. We aim to demystify therapy, empower school communities to make informed choices, and ensure that students, staff, and families receive the right support at the right time.
Our Vision
At Collective Schools, we’re committed to providing timely, accessible support from highly skilled Clinical Psychologists who specialise in working with education settings. We deliver individualised, evidence-based input that helps schools respond effectively to mental health, safeguarding, and emotional wellbeing needs, supporting students, staff, and families with care and expertise.
Our Purpose
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We are a multi-award-winning provider of psychological therapies, trusted by schools across the UK to deliver high-quality, commissioned support. Our team of highly specialist clinical psychologists offers expert input on mental health, safeguarding, and emotional wellbeing, using evidence-based, gold-standard approaches tailored to the needs of each school community.
Collective Schools is part of the Collective Psychology Group, founded by our Clinical Director and Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Dr Jo Douglas. Dr Jo Douglas brings nearly two decades of clinical experience, having previously served as Senior Psychologist within an NHS child and adolescent mental health service. Her expertise includes working directly with children and young people, as well as providing specialist support to the teams around them, including school staff, pastoral leads, and multi-agency professionals.
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Get in touch today to explore how Collective Schools can support your students, staff, and families.
Whether you're looking to enhance wellbeing across your school, access specialist psychological input, or build a bespoke support package, we’re here to help. Our team of experienced clinical psychologists is ready to partner with you to create safer, more resilient school communities.
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