A different approach for education
Are you ready to rethink behaviour, mental health, and wellbeing in your school?
At The Ossigeno, we believe every school should be a place where everyone feels valued, included, and safe — able to learn, challenge, and grow. Psychological safety and belonging aren’t optional; they’re at the heart of thriving classrooms, youth settings, and workplaces.
Please get in touch to find out more about us, the work we do, or what people say about working with us.
Like Minds
'Ossigeno' is Italian for oxygen - a basic human need.
We believe psychological and emotional safety to be like oxygen in your setting; it's essential, and you will know when it's missing.
The team at The Ossigeno are experienced teachers, leaders, mentors, trainers and facilitators. We are passionate about education and believe our schools should be places of safety, nurture and challenge.
We are committed to doing things differently — harnessing the power of classroom and whole-school cultures, challenging the status quo, and delivering training that places the needs of the entire school community at its heart
We are bringing years of teaching, training and research to educational settings (and communities) to rethink approaches to behaviour, mental health and wellbeing.
We recognise that young people are supported not only within education, and that wellbeing needs extend beyond the classroom. We also work with corporate settings to support young people, employers, and employees alike.
Training and Consultancy
At The Ossigeno, our training and support services are grounded in relational practices and underpinned by the principles of psychological safety. We believe this is a key factor in building happy, successful, and high-performing cultures — creating classrooms and workplaces where individuals feel empowered to contribute, question, and challenge.
We offer a range of training and support packages for education, charity and corporate settings including;
- Youth Mental Health First Aid
- Mental Health First Aid
- Mental Health Skills for Managers
- Mental Health & Understanding Behaviour
- SEMH support
We prefer to take the time to understand each school’s unique context before designing a tailored package of support. Our bespoke training is shaped around the specific needs of your setting — from INSETs and clinics to coaching sessions — working collaboratively to develop thinking, practice, and positive school cultures.
Why Now?
NICE Guidelines for Social, Emotional and Mental wellbeing in Primary and Secondary Schools states:
Schools should adopt a whole-school approach to support positive social, emotional and mental wellbeing of staff, children and young people in primary and secondary education.
Ensure that the school has a culture, ethos and practice that strengthens relational approaches and inclusion, and that recognises the importance of psychological safety.
The Commission On Young Lives report 'Heads Up: Rethinking mental health services for vulnerable young people' states: Children and their parents and families have told the Commission of the damaging impact that exclusions have on them, often being out of school for extended periods, feeling isolated and away from peers and once again feeling uncared for. Children can be punished for behaviour that is linked to their mental health, and responses to their behaviours, which can often include the use of isolation rooms and exclusion - rather than therapeutic interventions - which can further harm young people’s mental health.
COYL-Heads-Up-Report-July-2022.pdf (thecommissiononyounglives.co.uk
Sir Norman Lamb, Chair of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition: “We must not forget that children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing is more important than ever. Our preliminary findings suggest that whilst young people are aware that behaviour is often linked to their mental health, they do not believe that current behaviour policies are effective. We share the ambition of government to create supportive, safe and inclusive school environments that enable and facilitate learning".
About The Ossigeno
We are proud members of the CYPMH
About the coalition: At any one time, 1 in 6 children and young people have a diagnosable mental health problem, and it is well established that adolescent and adult mental illness can often be traced back to childhood. Addressing issues early helps individuals and society – that message needs a powerful voice.
The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition brings together organisations to campaign jointly and provides a strong unified voice speaking out about children and young people’s mental health.