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A tailored wellbeing partnership offering accessible counselling for students and staff.
Designed to deliver meaningful impact while remaining practical for school budgets, available across Lincolnshire and surrounding areas.
Discuss a partnership
The programme enables schools to offer clinically supervised counselling to students at a more accessible rate.
Sessions are available for £20, typically paid by parents, with a minimum £5 school subsidy. Therapy can be delivered on-site, online, or at the Ivy Light premises in Lincoln.
Schools can choose to further subsidise sessions using Pupil Premium or PSP budgets. Typical counselling runs for 6–8 weeks, supporting clear planning and defined costs.
Staff can also access confidential counselling at a reduced rate.
Staff sessions are available for £30 per appointment, compared with the standard counselling rate of £55 per session without the partnership.
This provides a simple, confidential route into therapy when work pressures begin to build.
Helping schools make therapeutic support more accessible for students and staff
School wellbeing partnerships
Flexible support designed around the realities of school life and budgets.
Flexibility
Schools may set a per-term funding cap for subsidised sessions, helping keep the programme manageable within existing budgets while still extending support where it is needed.
Ivy Light works with schools to monitor uptake and adjust support levels as needed, keeping the model flexible.
Commitment
A minimum subsidy of £5 per session is required from the school. Schools can choose to contribute more if they want to widen access or direct support towards more vulnerable pupils.
This small contribution helps demonstrate visible commitment to student wellbeing while making therapy more affordable for families and more sustainable over time.
Exclusivity
Each partnership is exclusive to one comparable school per catchment area, creating a more focused and tailored service.
The exception is where Academy Trusts or Federations want to extend the partnership programme more widely across schools within the same group.
Visibility
Partner schools may use Ivy Light branding to promote their commitment to mental health and wellbeing in a clear and positive way.
PR campaigns can be developed collaboratively to reinforce your values and community presence.
Additional benefits
Partner schools can also access wider wellbeing services at discounted rates.
Assessment
Tailored assessments to help schools identify needs, priorities and areas where targeted support can have the greatest impact.
Intervention
Focused therapeutic interventions can be developed around particular groups, emerging concerns or areas where extra emotional support is needed.
Training
Workshops and training to strengthen awareness, confidence and a wider culture of support.
The partnership supports schools in demonstrating their commitment to mental health and early intervention.
Services can contribute useful impact evidence and align with wider Ofsted and DfE priorities, helping schools show that wellbeing is being supported in a meaningful and measurable way.
Investing in mental health helps build resilient school communities, supporting attendance, engagement and learning.
Frequently asked questions
Here are answers to some of the most common questions about the school partnership programme.
If you would like to explore how the partnership could support your school, we would be happy to discuss your setting and priorities.
The aim is to make high-quality support more accessible while remaining practical and sustainable for schools.
