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School Story – Banff Academy

School Story – Banff Academy

About your school - What did the school look like before relational practice? Alan Horberry took up the position of Headteacher of Banff Academy in September 2017. Prior to that point the school had undergone uncertain times in terms of leadership following an...

Primary

School Story – Falconer’s Hill Infant School

School Story – Falconer’s Hill Infant School

What was your school like before relational practice? FHIS prior to becoming an attachment-aware and relational practice-based school followed a disciplinary behaviour management system. Each classroom had three faces; one green and smiley, one amber and wobbly and...

School Story – Easton Academy

School Story – Easton Academy

Easton Academy sits in an incredibly diverse community. It is a fabulous school buzzing with energy. Walking out onto the playground there are big groups of children dancing in sync with a video screen, scooters whizzing past, balls flying and children on pogo sticks...

School Story – Morley Victoria Primary School

School Story – Morley Victoria Primary School

What was your school like before relational practice? Children were on display in the hall during breaktimes for not doing homework/getting planner signed – very little restorative work was being done with these children. Overall there was a small amount of...

School Story – LaceyField Louth

School Story – LaceyField Louth

What was your school like before relational practice? LaceyField is two schools; two schools who share a car park but hadn’t worked as one before September 2019. At this point, the infant academy had just received a requires improvement judgement and the junior...

School Story – Whittington CE Primary School

School Story – Whittington CE Primary School

What was your school like before relational practice? We currently have 230 children on roll. Whittington is not an area of significant social deprivation (21% disadvantaged), but the school is provided with the challenge of a large number of high-needs children, with...

School Story – The Aquila School

School Story – The Aquila School

What was your school like before relational practice? As our school has grown, we have moved from being a primary school to an all-through school. Our previous behaviour policy was based around the primary behaviour work done by ***** ****** – which included pupil’s...

School Story – Spire Junior School

School Story – Spire Junior School

What was your school like before relational practice? It was April 2022 when I was sat in our pastoral office at Spire Junior School awaiting the inspectors feedback at the end of a section 5 (2 day inspection). The school is situated in the centre of Chesterfield in...

School Story – Southwood Primary School

School Story – Southwood Primary School

What was your school like before relational practice? Management and responsive of behaviour was punitive. We had a number of children absconding on a frequent basis, partly as a response to how boundaries, rules, expectations were delivered. Up to 30 children a term...

School Story – Eastfield Primary School

School Story – Eastfield Primary School

What was your school like before relational practice? Before embarking on our relational practice journey, our positive behaviour for learning policy had started to feel less ‘positive.’ We had become a school with more and more ‘chance steps.’ Our school felt like we...

School Story – Deanery C.E Primary School

School Story – Deanery C.E Primary School

What was your school like before relational practice? Vision We believe that everything we do is a faithful response to God’s faithfulness, shown to us through Jesus Christ. Our vision is to reflect God’s Glory in every season of life, in all aspects, from the little...

Secondary

School Story – Oak Wood School

School Story – Oak Wood School

What was your school like before relational practice? Before we implemented our new Rewards and Sanctions Policy, making use of the ‘When the Adults Change…’ book, Oak Wood School (previously Abbotsfield School for Boys) had been judged as Requires Improvement or...

School Story – Bannerman High School

School Story – Bannerman High School

What was your school like before relational practice? 2016-2017 - Number of exclusions - 87 Number of openings lost (half days) 303 A high number of behaviour referrals 2018-2019 (Aug-March) 2250 referrals. Before we embraced relational practice as a whole school...

School Story – The Aquila School

School Story – The Aquila School

What was your school like before relational practice? As our school has grown, we have moved from being a primary school to an all-through school. Our previous behaviour policy was based around the primary behaviour work done by ***** ****** – which included pupil’s...

School Story – New-Bridge Integrated College

School Story – New-Bridge Integrated College

What was your school like before relational practice? New-Bridge is an Integrated and all ability College in Loughbrickland, Co Down Northern Ireland. We have 654 pupils of all backgrounds and faiths educated in an inclusive school community. Our school recognises the...

School Story – Banff Academy

School Story – Banff Academy

About your school - What did the school look like before relational practice? Alan Horberry took up the position of Headteacher of Banff Academy in September 2017. Prior to that point the school had undergone uncertain times in terms of leadership following an...

Further Education

School Story – Oak Wood School

School Story – Oak Wood School

What was your school like before relational practice? Before we implemented our new Rewards and Sanctions Policy, making use of the ‘When the Adults Change…’ book, Oak Wood School (previously Abbotsfield School for Boys) had been judged as Requires Improvement or...

THrough Schools

School Story – Wales International school

School Story – Wales International school

What was your school like before relational practice? A traditional and rigid approach to managing behaviour Inconsistent approach from teachers Too much focus around the negative behaviours Lack of positivity from staff and students. Shouting and calling students out...