RESTORATIVE THINKING

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RESTORATIVE THINKING

• Lesley Parkinson, Programme Manager

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Restorative Thinking Our Partners

• The Department for Education
• The Anti-Bullying Alliance
• The Shackleton Foundation
• The Restorative Justice Council
• IARS

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Why use a Restorative Approach?

• Restorative approaches are designed to
• repair the harm done to relationships
• consider the needs of all involved
• help all participants recognise their
  responsibilities
• encourage pupils to be accountable for their
  behaviour
• support the development of emotional literacy
  and SMSC across the whole school

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Restorative Approaches in schools why?

• Targets

• Life chances

• Pressure on schools to reduce exclusions, improve
  behaviour and increase attainment.

• Restorative Approaches equip young people with
  key life skills, promoting self-awareness,
  empathy and conflict resolution.
• Anti-bullying guidance - young people who have
  been bullied do significantly worse at school
  than those who have not, according to government
  research.

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Restorative Approaches in SchoolsEvidence of
Impact

• Developing a restorative
• ethos and culture that
• supports the development of
• social and emotional skills and
• the adult modelling of positive
• relationships and
• communication were given the
• highest rating of effectiveness
• in preventing bullying."
• Goldsmiths, University of
• London, published by the
• Department for Education
• (April 2011)

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Why Consider Restorative Approaches? Evaluation
from 7 Schools in HullFrom September 2007 July
2008

• 73.1 reduction in classroom exclusions during
  lessons KS2
• 79.6 reduction in verbal abuse pupil-pupil
• 73.3 reduction in verbal abuse pupil-staff
• 57.1 reduction in physical abuse pupil-pupil
• 83.3 reduction in internal supervision during
  break
• 79.4 reduction in internal supervision during
  lunchtime
• 94.6 reduction in referrals to SLT/HT
• 75.3 reduction in pupils excluded from break
• 80.6 reduction in fixed term exclusion days

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Restorative Approaches in schoolswhy not?

• It costs a lot in money and time.
• Permanent Exclusion - RA takes 14 hours less and
  saves 152 direct process costs
• RAiS Modelling 2008
• But I want to show disapproval of behaviour by
  punishing the pupil who has done wrong.
• RA changes the behaviour
• 93 think the process is fair
• The community knows the wrong is being put right

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Readiness for Restorative Approaches in Schools

• Leadership and Management RA and
• the values of Governors and SLT
• School Improvement Plan and Self Evaluation Form
  indicators
• Every Child Matters and duties for wellbeing and
  community cohesion
• Resources
• External facilitator (Restorative Thinking)
• School Champion
• Staff training
• Behaviour monitoring systems.
• The Curriculum Link - SEAL, PSHE, Citizenship

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Restorative Thinking A Restorative Practices
Interactive Toolkit Written by Teachers, for
Teachers (KS1 KS2)

• Supports teachers

• Teaching and learning tool

• A practical toolkit to support teacher delivery
  of restorative approaches both in the classroom
  and when managing incidents with pupils

• Appeals to all learning styles (visual, auditory,
  kinaesthetic)
• Six sessions delivered over half a term
• Supports SMSC across the whole school
• Return to toolkit once a term to address an
  incident in school (sustainability)

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Restorative Thinking A Restorative Practices
Interactive Toolkit Written by Teachers, for
Teachers (KS1 KS2)

• Skelmersdale

• Pupil responses

• 11 primary schools in Skelmersdale currently
  delivering the toolkit.
• Recent OfSTED reports signpost Restorative
  Approaches and peer mediation in Skelmersdale
  schools.

• I use my restorative skills that I learnt in
  Year 2 everyday. (Jackson, Year 3)
• At lunch time my friends and I keep an eye out
  and help the children who dont get on well to
  think of how to put things right. (Megan, Year 5)

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Restorative Thinking A Way Forward

• Consultation with SMT
• Shared training for Lancashire schools in
  restorative approaches and effective use of
  toolkit
• Wrap-around support for staff
• School Champion our partner for implementation
  and evaluation

• One day staff training in restorative approaches
  and effective use and implementation of the
  toolkit, including a copy of the toolkit for each
  school.
• Dates in September, October November 2013.
• Cost 350 (toolkit and one staff place).
• Two or more staff 75.00 per place.

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Restorative Thinking contact

• Please contact us to register your interest
  before the
• end of this term
• Lesley Parkinson lesley_at_restorativethinking.co.u
  k
• Tel [phone]
• Mob [phone]

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Restorative ThinkingA Child-centred Approach

• Next steps The Restorative Thinking Parenting
• Programme (Parenting without Conflict) putting
• children at the centre of school and home
  support.