About Us

Who We Are

EPIC Psychology and Wellbeing is a school led partnership established to meet the needs of local children, families and schools, working very closely with SENDCOs and other school leaders. Our partnership of schools work closely together to develop a high quality service that best supports the need of our Schools. We have an effective working relationship with Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council. We also have effective relationships with Universities (Loughborough and Nottingham) where we adopt a professional developmental approach taking undergraduate volunteers up to trainee educational psychologists. We work closely with Leicestershire Paediatrics too in supporting autism assessment work. We have been awarded an approved trainer licence for Solihull Approach and are approved training and supervision provider for the ELSA Network. A more recent development for EPIC is a partnership with the Autism Education Trust to deliver training to schools in Northamptonshire.

Using applied psychology, we adopt proactive/preventative, systemic and targeted approaches in consultation with schools to identify and assess areas of emotional health and well-being where educational psychology support can make a positive difference. We aim to build capacity in school communities by helping the members to understand complexity and plan interventions with clarity in order to nurture children’s well-being and learning. To make sure all systems and communications with stakeholders are clear so that the EP service/provision is transparent and schools feel supported. All Educational Psychologists in EPIC adhere to the HCPC Standards of Proficiency which can be found here.

EPIC's Vision and Mission

Our partnership of 41 schools (including South Leicestershire Inclusion Partnership and specialist SEMH provisions) work closely together to develop a high-quality service that best support the needs of our schools.

Emotional wellbeing is a core area of focus and practice for our team and this is kept at the heart of everything we do. Alongside this, we also have specialisms in learning, autism and relationships.

Our vision is to:

To provide an insight about the child’s world to the key adults (home adults and school adults): EPIC want all school staff to have a depth of understanding about a child’s holistic development from a psychological perspective and a true appreciation of environmental factors so that they can help the child to thrive in all areas of education.

To provide a highly effective psychological service, comprising of educational psychologists, assistants, volunteers and admin support, working creatively and flexibly with school communities in order to identify their priorities towards becoming mentally healthy learning environments. Using applied psychology, we adopt proactive/preventative, systemic and targeted approaches in consultation with schools. We help to identify and assess areas of emotional health and well-being where educational psychology support can make a positive difference.

We aim to build capacity in school communities by helping the members to understand complexity and plan interventions with clarity in order to nurture children’s well-being and learning. To make sure all systems and communications with stakeholders are clear so that the EP service/provision is transparent, and schools feel supported.

What We Can Offer

Our service provides high need support for children and families but also aims to develop an effective wellbeing provision to support families, safeguard children’s mental health and offer training for all people working with our children. We currently offer:

Educational Psychologist package
Assistant Psychologist packages
Consultation with staff and parents
Individual work with children
Training from our core offer
ASD Pathway work
Therapeutic approaches
Drop-ins for staff
EHCNA assessments for Local Authorities
Group Work for children
Group Work for staff
Supervision
Research

How To Join

Should you wish to be a part of our school led wellbeing partnership and join EPIC Psychology and Wellbeing from September 2023 we are currently accepting school requests*.

*All membership is subject to a completed partnership agreement being returned by all schools or partnerships. Fees are subject to review year on year.

Please contact info@epicleics.com for further details.

The Discovery Trust

The Discovery Trust was formed as a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) in 2012 through a partnership between Kibworth CE Primary School and Parkland Primary School, the founding schools of the Trust.

Since then, our trust has expanded to the current total of 13 primary schools, 2 SEMH specialist schools, and 1 SEMH hub. Every school is going through a different path on its journey to excellence, so we work relentlessly to ensure that our support for each school is personalised to that school’s needs and circumstances. All our schools take great pride in their individuality which is achieved through shared frameworks which identify excellence and expectation across the Trust.

Discovery schools are situated across Leicestershire, Rutland and Leicester City. In order to achieve a meaningful partnership, we work across the trust through leadership networks and joint practice development between schools. The Trust provides a unique mix of expertise, experience and success to raise attainment, progress and outcomes. We have the highest possible ambition for educational success in our area and aim to raise achievement for all our schools.

Our Partner Schools

DISCOVERY SCHOOLS

Partner Schools

Cobden Primary School
Fairfield Primary School
Foxfields Academy
Gartree High School
Glenmere Primary School
Kingsway Primary School
Lutterworth High School
Maplewell Hall School
Ravenhurst Primary School
Sherrier Primary School
The Hinckley School
The Pastures Primary School
Uppingham Community College
Westfield Infant School

South Leicestershire Inclusion Partnership (SLIP) is based at Countesthorpe Leysland College (Winchester Road, Leicester, LE8 5PR) and supplies inclusion support for schools in Oadby, Wigston and the districts of Harborough and Blaby.
Their partnership of schools include;
– Beauchamp College
– Brockington College
– Countesthorpe Leysland Community College
– Gartree Academy
– Kibworth Academy
– Lutterworth College
– Lutterworth High School
– Manor Academy
– Robert Smyth Academy
– South Wigston Academy
– Sir Frank Whittle Studio School
– Thomas Estley Academy
– Welland Park Academy
– Wigston Academy
– Wigston College

Testimonials from Schools:

"We've benefited hugely from working with Mel, our EP. From general advice to quality assessments of pupils on her caseload, we've been supported and guided to best meet the needs of our children.”

As a school we have found the support, advice and expertise from the professionals at EPIC to be extremely valuable. The process of referral is clear and efficient. Colleagues within EPIC are approachable and on hand for any questions or advice that we may need as a school and for parents too. In addition to assessments and regular support they have delivered specialist intervention training for our staff that has enhanced provision, we have been part of a well-being study that gave our children the chance to voice their opinions and also have facilitated one to one sessions with our teachers and educational psychologist that really supported strategies and advice within the classroom bespoke to their situation. We are very lucky to be able to work with this service and the vast resources they offer

Paula is a one-of-a-kind EP! Her knowledge is extensive, she genuinely loves coming into school to see the children, staff and parents, and easily builds up positive relationships. Her reports include individualised strategies/recommendations and resources and they help children to make progress. Her listening skills are amazing, she is non-judgemental and she sensitively asks all the right questions so that she builds up a very detailed picture of a child's needs. She has an aura of calm about her and is a real pleasure to work alongside! Staff have learnt so much from her! Thank you!

My experience working with EPIC has been nothing but positive. The team's expertise and genuine care for the well-being of our families is second to none. I know that all meetings and resources will be well planned, considered and followed up on.

‘What an amazing asset EPIC are to the school, the report is very well written and very observant and understanding. Very impressive.’

Adherence to HCPC Standards

All Educational Psychologists within EPIC are registered to practice with the HCPC. All EPs must ensure that the standards of practice and ethics are adhered to. EPs have to renew their practicing certificates every two years with the HCPC. To check that an EP is registered please see http://www.hcpcheck.org.

The HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics:

Practise safely and effectively within their scope of practice
Practise within the legal and ethical boundaries of their profession
Look after their health and well-being, seeking appropriate support where necessary
Practise as an autonomous professional, exercising their own professional judgement
Recognise the impact of culture, equality and diversity on practice and practise in a non discriminatory and inclusive manner
Understand the importance of and maintain confidentiality
Communicate effectively
Work appropriately with others
Maintain records appropriately
reflect on and review practice
Assure the quality of their practice
Understand and apply the key concepts of the knowledge base relevant to their profession
Draw on appropriate knowledge and skills to inform practice
Establish and maintain a safe practice environment

An EP’s responsibility for keeping skills up to date with regular CPD

Maintain a continuous, up-to-date and accurate record of their CPD activities
Demonstrate that their CPD activities are a mixture of learning activities relevant to current or future practice
Seek to ensure that their CPD has contributed to the quality of their practice and service delivery
Seek to ensure that their CPD benefits the service user
Upon request, present a written profile (which must be their own work and supported by evidence) explaining how they have met the standards for CPD