Carnegie Mental Health Gold Award

In June 2025, we were delighted to find out that Sedgefield Community College has been awarded the Carnegie Mental Health Award in recognition of the work that we do to support the mental health and wellbeing of our students and staff. The Carnegie Award is administered by Leeds Becket University and is a highly prestigious national award that is used by schools to help them to ensure a positive culture is in place for all members of their community.

The process of working towards this award began 18 months ago and we have been able to review and develop the way we operate to improve the self-confidence of our students and increase their enjoyment of school. Whilst our application had been for the ‘Silver’ award, the strength of the evidence submitted means that the assessor chose to award the ‘Gold’.

Working towards the Carnegie Award built on our previous success in being awarded the Rainbow Flag Award in 2023. Having achieved this latest award, we will now identify how best we can make the school environment an even more positive and inclusive one for all of our children.