Newall Green High School has developed a PLEATS programme (personal, learning, emotional and thinking skills) to embed resilience in teaching. It has also written a new curriculum for years 7, 10 and 11 called Time for TEA, focused on thoughts, emotions and actions.
The school’s work was recognised as the winners of the national Resilience and Results competition were unveiled.
The competition judges said they were “especially impressed” with the school’s family liaison work and its “extensive work across their curriculum to develop pupils’ key resilience skills”.
Newall Green was last year judged to have “serious weaknesses” by Ofsted, but since then has begun to turn things around with inspectors already noting improvements, including better attendance. Other strategies praised by judges include a school-based social worker, emotional health advisor and police officer who work to support families.
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