Transform your school: Comprehensive strategic support for schools and teachers through the Relational Approach
Is your school functioning through the behavioural approach reacting to SEMH needs throughout the day?
Is there a struggle with staff confidence, rising suspensions, and attendance issues?
Do you wish for a peaceful and thriving school community, where teachers are happy, students are engaged, and safety is paramount?
If the answer is yes, this day offer is tailored to address your specific challenges.
Whether it is, starting with high quality teaching, addressing individual pupil needs or the whole school approach, this programme is designed to improve relationships in the school community and overall pupil outcomes.
Taking a whole-school Relational Approach, catering to headteachers, teachers, teaching assistants (TAs) and Early Career Teachers (ECTs), as well as pupil support and cohort support, this is for schools wanting to:
- Reduce disruptions, disturbances and workload to create a safe, peaceful relational school environment
- Enhance staff morale and retention – focus on support of high quality teaching supporting SEMH needs in the classroom
- Improve attendance and reduce suspensions and permanent exclusions
- Develop a relational approach whole school policy to establish a proactive approach to helping teachers to teach while meeting the needs of the pupils to prevent disrupting other pupil’s learning and impacting on the safety of others and themselves
- Engage parents in their child’s education and take an active part in supporting the school in a joined up relational approach
- Develop a nurture room / provision and form a support team around pupils to improve SEMH needs and pupil outcomes
For schools seeking solutions
As a former headteacher, I appreciate the day-to-day challenges of managing disruptive behaviour, disturbances and breaches of school behaviour policy.
It’s one of the reasons I’ve been able to create proactive, strategic solutions.
Solutions for the whole school community that engages parents in their child’s education and promotes a joined-up relational approach.
Working seamlessly alongside your team, I’ll help you meet the needs of your students while maintaining a calm, safe and engaging learning environment.
The Relational Approach
Based on the Relational Approach to teaching and learning, Iris Consultancy services influence the whole school ethos and systems as well as everyday teaching practice and targeted support.
I seek to strategically support schools to develop Relational Behaviour Policies where behaviour is seen as the communication of a need and which take into account current research and theory from the fields of attachment and trauma and on effective support for personal development.
My support is in response to well documented concerns regarding young people’s mental health and well-being and long standing national trends which show the disproportionate exclusion of children from vulnerable groups. Establishing and maintaining systems and practice in line with Relational Policy will involve whole school approaches and ongoing commitment.
How I’ll assist you:
As an experienced professional, I act as a consultant, strategically supporting staff in whole school communities in addressing individual pupils’ behaviour and SEMH needs by building the relational approach.
- An audit of whole school systems for social, emotional wellbeing and mental health
- Assessment through a universal offer for SEMH through High Quality Teaching (HQT) in the classroom – adapted for ECTs through the ECF.
- Relational Behaviour Policy writing
- Essential Document Toolkits (Relational Support Plans, Pupil Relational Contracts, Risk Assessments)
- Whole school training on the Relational Approach including workshops for parents
- Pupil support through observations, interventions, strategies and resources
- Class support with the same effective approaches
- Assessments and reports for EHCP evidence (using the Boxall Profile)
- Development and training of staff in enhanced provisions connected to schools
Book a FREE initial consultation to discuss the SEMH need in your school. Further support can be through online consultations and/or visits to your school to assess need, implement and review. Feedback sessions are held online via Zoom/Teams with the SEMH lead in your school.
What you can expect
My approach is to form a team around the pupil through the Relational Approach, to enhance social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) support and improve overall outcomes for the children and school community.
By working with me, your school can achieve a remarkable transformation, such as:
- Improved relationships and communication throughout the school
- Increased understanding of SEMH needs
- Staff and school equipped with effective strategies, interventions and practical advice.
- Empowered staff, with the knowledge and systems they need.
- Increased parent engagement and involvement in their children’s education and school life.
- Improved attendance, reduced suspensions and enhanced staff retention.
- Staff upskilled and developed through high-quality CPD.
If you’re looking to adopt a whole school approach that meets the demands of SEMH needs, and want a consistent, collaborative approach with parents and caregivers using the Relational Approach, this is for you.
With my support, we can transform your school into a thriving, relationship based community.