Trust School Pathfinder

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Trust School Pathfinder

• Westhaven Community Special School
• Worle Community School

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The Background

• So why have Worle Community School and
  Westhaven Community Special School chosen to
  jointly enter the Trust School Pathfinder
  programme?

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The Background

• The schools are
• Seeking to improve outcomes for all members of
  their communities
• Committed to comprehensive principles of equality
  of opportunity and of access
• Concerned with the emotional health and
  well-being of the wider community which they
  serve
• Part of a local authority that has recently
  received one of the best joint area review
  reports in the country.

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• Socio-Economic and Educational Context

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Every Child Matters( and everyone else too!)

• Be healthy
• Stay safe
• Enjoy and achieve
• Make a positive contribution
• Achieve economic well-being

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A National Issue

• Childrens Society suggest that depression
  symptoms could be a problem for a large number of
  teenagers with more than a quarter of those
  questioned saying that they frequently felt
  depressed. (BBC News Website 24.04.08)
• Bob Reitemeier of the Childrens Society said
• There is a growing recognition of the true cost
  of neglecting childrens mental health and
  well-being.

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A National Issue

• Seven out of ten young people said in a Newsround
  survey that they felt the need to look good,
  and were on a diet some or al of the time and
  many said that they felt under pressure from
  school, peers and family.
• The report called for support for parents, which
  it described as crucial.

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The Drivers

• Low levels of aspiration and expectation amongst
  a significant number
• Mental health and emotional well-being issues
• Learning power and learner centredness
• Enrich governance

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Our Partners

• The University of the West of England
  specifically the Faculties of Education, Art,
  Media and Design and Hartpury College
• ViTaL Partnerships
• The Human Givens Institute
• North Somerset Childrens and Young Peoples
  Services
• North Somerset Primary Care Trust

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The Trust is committed toBuilding the learning
capacity and enhancing the achievement, emotional
health and well-being of all young people,
staff, the wider community and Trust partners

• This involves
• Encouraging active participation in, ownership
  of, and reflection on the processes of learning
  and change
• Increasing achievement and well-being for all,
  particularly groups who may be vulnerable or
  disadvantaged
• Advocating social justice and inclusivity and
  the means to ensure all participant voices are
  enabled
• Promoting the mutual exchange of learning (and
  its benefits) between schools and the wider
  community
• Embracing holistic approaches to life-wide and
  life-long learning
• Building partnerships which are robust,
  educative, efficient and sustainable learning
  communities
• Developing improvement and enhancement processes
  that are evidence-based, valid and demonstrable
• distributed leadership capacity, and how it can
  enhance opportunities

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Synchronicity!

• The Learner Centred School
• Feelings of interpersonal, acceptance and support
• Sense of personal voice, autonomy and control
• Perceptions of meaningfulness and relevancy of
  learning activities
• Feelings of personal competence and capacity to
  succeed
• Being understood and respected as individuals

• The Human Givens Emotional Needs
• To give and receive attention
• The need for intimacy
• The need for social connection to the wider world
• The need for meaning purpose and goals
• The need for status and emotional connection
• The need for creativity and stimulation
• The need for a sense of autonomy and control
• The need to feel safe and secure

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The vision in practice

• Promoting emotionally intelligent classroom
  practice by fostering an environment for staff,
  students and families in which emotional health
  and well-being are paramount

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The vision in practice

• The development of new and effective approaches
  to mental and emotional health and well-being
  for students, staff, parents and the wider
  community through using
• Parent support advisers
• Nurture groups
• Human Givens Training

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The vision in practice

• Engagement in research to identify and validate
  effective strategies to support learners and
  their families
• The opportunity to secure significant funding
  from major charities and other organisations to
  develop the work and research described above.

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The vision in practice

• The improvement of staff training through
  mentoring, coaching, professional development and
  linking personal and professional development

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The vision in practice

• Enhancing learning power and developing more
  learner centred practice
• Improved progression to post-16 and higher
  education

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Why do you need the Trust for this?
HGI
UWE
WORLE WESTHAVEN
ViTaL
PCT
CYPS
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Why do you need the Trust for this?
Shared Vision
University of the West of England
ViTaL Partnerships
North Somerset Childrens Young Peoples
Services
Human Givens Institute
Westhaven and Worle
North Somerset Primary Care Trust
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What will it look like in five years
time?Students

• Improved academic and social outcomes
• Higher levels of aspiration improved progression
• Reduced reliance on external professionals e.g.
  CAMHS
• Greater student involvement in the life of the
  school

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What will it look like in five years time?Staff

• Increased understanding of neuro-psychology and
  its application
• Improved health and well-being
• Opportunities to engage in research and
  development
• Improved morale

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What will it look like in five years
time?Parents and the community

• Greater parental engagement
• Increased of parents accessing support through
  the schools
• Parenting courses Improvements in mental health
  and well-being
• HG therapists leading teams of PSAs

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Partner Websites

• University of the West of England
• www.uwe.ac.uk
• ViTaL Partnerships
• www.vitaled.net
• The Human Givens Institute
• www.humangivens.com
• North Somerset CYPS
• www.n-somerset.gov.uk
• North Somerset PCT
• www.northsomerset.nhs.uk
• Trust School Consultation Website
• www.westontrustschools.org.uk

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Contact Details

• Jenny Moss
• JennyMoss_at_westhaven.fsnet.co.uk
• 01934 632171
• 07904 281588
• Trevor Bailey
• t.bailey_at_worle-school.org.uk
• 01934 529532
• 07718 364870

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Trust School Pathfinder

• Westhaven Community Special School
• Worle Community School