Wellbeing and Mental Health For Children

• Daily yoga and mindfulness
• Healthy school
• Primary Leadership Council focus on healthy packed lunches and ‘Worry Box’
• School nurse
• Brushing teeth
• Lunchtime supervisors available to talk through concerns

Ways That We Manage Staff Wellbeing And Workload

• Trust and an absence of fear: no Ofsted fear, no management fear.
• A sensible and manageable ‘Marking and Feedback Policy’ which allows evidence outside of children’s workbooks
• Staff are valued as experts in their field, trusted to drive forward
  curriculum developments.
• Sensible appraisal proves completed in negotiation with staff and an assumption that all staff will go up the pay scale each year, unless evidence indicates otherwise.
• Supportive work scrutiny and learning walks led by Subject Leaders with Leadership Team.
• Data capture three times per year, in line with DfE recommendations.
• Two Parent Interview Days to target all families during the working day.
• No formal lesson plan formats for expectations about submitting them.
• Learning walks and video coaching has replaced formal observations.
• Staff are encouraged to share resources and co-plan with colleagues; time created within the calendar to do so, so that expertise is shared and no-one is ‘reinventing the wheel’.
• Meetings that finish on time and have a clear purpose.
• 1265 directed time not filled up. Staff work hard and go the extra mile so this does not need to be measured.
• A culture of collaboration – staff supporting each other and working together and treating each other with respect.
• Clear classroom routines and expectations that allow teachers to teach so that no time is wasted.
• Calendar pinch points monitored and review regularly by Leadership Team and amendments made in response to staff feedback.
• A range of wellbeing initiatives for staff to participate in: staff lunchbox for forgotten lunches; nominations; buddying