The Hub
The Hub is our central area for supporting and nurturing students. It is based in the lower MACH building and houses a room for external agencies to use with students. It also includes spaces for our safeguarding, attendance, and mental health teams to run intervention programmes with students, as well as meet with parents/carers.
The Hub's Staff
External Support offered in The Hub
Dare to Differ deliver targeted, award winning, interventions to our students – these are weekly sessions and tend to be a minimum of 6 weeks. Dare to Differ give students practical goals and targets, alongside inclusive tools and support.
Project Salus offer a diverse range of programmes (including emotional regulation, e-safety, healthy relationships) to support the needs of young people who may benefit from specialist or focus support. Depending on the need these can be delivered to students as 1:1 or in small group.
Mind and Body support young people who may be struggling with their emotional wellbeing. They work with a specific year group who are asked to complete an online survey. From this they select students they feel will benefit from taking part in project and will arrange 1:1 meetings with these students. Those that wish to take part with small group work are able to do so.
Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service supports women and children affected by domestic abuse in Canterbury and East Kent. They support students through every step of removing abuse from their lives and improving their safety.
The Folkestone and Hythe Community Policing Team offer a range of support to victims of crime and range of interventions to young people to prevent or reduce crime. The policing team offer 1-to-1 sessions through their police clinics and on an ad hoc basis as required. This will include visiting home and school in a supportive manner.
The Emotional Wellbeing Team work in Kent schools offering mental health support to individuals and small groups. They are specially trained to share ideas about how students can look after their mental health and offer early help with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties. EWT workers work one day a week with our students
How to access support at The Hub
Drop-ins
Students can come along to the Hub before and after school, and at break and lunch if they would like to talk to one of our Safeguarding Team.
Concern Box
There is a concern box outside Student Office for students to fill in a form if they would rather not talk to someone in person.
Students can email the Hub for support by contacting hub@marshacademy.org.uk
For further information, please see our Mental Health Framework for more details.
Parents / Carers
If you wish to seek support on your child’s behalf, please email our Hub email address on the link below.
Please include your child’s full name and year group and provide us with some details about why you are looking for support so we can work out the best steps moving forward for your child.
Other useful websites
Self Harm support - Steps to change
