North Gower Partnership

All schools within the North Gower Partnership are committed to promoting a positive physical and social environment for all stakeholders.  To achieve this we:-

Are always positive and friendly

Employ highly motivated staff

Ensure all stakeholders have a voice

Maintain effective communication to keep all stakeholders fully informed

Promote school level initiatives and events to ensure a positive social environment

All schools within the North Gower Partnership are committed to equitable access to provision for all stakeholders.  To achieve this we:-

Focus upon equity not merely equality

Ensure all stakeholders have equitable access to relevant information and school events

Ensure that all stakeholders have equitable access to the physical environment

Ensure that every learner is treated as in an individual.

All schools within the North Gower Partnership are committed to valuing and promoting mental and physical well-being for all stakeholders.  To achieve this we:-

Commit to a restorative approach

Develop and maintain an ethos built upon Children’s

Rights including giving every child a voice

Value, track and support the wellbeing of every child

Promote an understanding of mental and physical health and the inter-relationship between them.

Teaching the science behind mental and physical health

All schools within the North Gower Partnership are committed to developing independence and resilience for all stakeholders.  To achieve this we:-

Foster a growth mind set approach to learning

Encourage and support self-regulation strategies

Ensure that all staff understand child development (stage not age)

Embed a consistent approach to relationship and behaviour management

All schools within the North Gower Partnership are committed to effective partnerships between home school and the community.  To achieve this we:-

Provide opportunities for learners to develop collaborative skills through learning and play

Develop opportunities for all staff to work in collaboration with peers both within schools and across the partnership

Encourage parents and carers to be fully involved in all aspects of school life

Establish and maintain opportunities for collaborative working with members and groups from the community.

All schools within the North Gower Partnership are committed to reducing risk factors for identified pupils.  To achieve this we:-

Assess pupils’ resilience using the exchange model screening tool

Provide structure and resources to enable self-regulation

Identified key person for support

Agreed safety plan between school and homeAdult response to check ins when necessaryEarly identification of concerns eg attendance, behaviour

Ensure all staff are appropriately trained eg resilience, Ace awareness

All schools within the North Gower Partnership are committed to a unified understanding and approach to supporting identified pupils.   To achieve this we:-

Adhere to the school’s Positive Relationship Policy

All staff are ACE trained and many are Resilience trained to appropriately support the needs of identified pupils.

Ensure all staff provide therapeutic moments throughout the school day

School based “Team around the child” meetings are aimed at offering support to the child and their family

Ensure the learning environment is adjusted to support the emotional needs of individuals.

All schools within the North Gower Partnership are committed to targeting the social and emotional needs of identified pupils.   To achieve this we:-

Effectively track groups of individuals to evaluate impact of intervention and support.

Provision of specific and appropriate individual or group Intervention.

Access resources and programmes as advised by appropriate external agencies

All schools within the North Gower Partnership are committed to accessing appropriate external agencies to support the social and emotional needs of identified pupils.   To achieve this we:-

Will keep up to date with new improved advice and support available to schools

Will share effective practice and contacts

Will support each other using staff expertise from our schools

Will liaise effectively with the local authority and the region to develop staff and support learners