Easton CE Academy

About the school's work

Essential Award 16 September 2024

Congratulations to Easton CE Academy on achieving the Bristol Healthy Schools Essential Award!

Highlights of the school's work:

• regular wellbeing group meetings are held to continue improving staff wellbeing
• trauma-informed practitioners and a psychotherapist support staff and children identified for additional care
• to ensure all pupils’ voices are included and heard, the school holds weekly school council meetings, uses Widget visuals, class assemblies, and information from wellbeing champions. As an Oracy School, they focus on fostering different forms of communication
• Family Support Worker and SENCO regularly work with children and families to offer support where needed
• weekly PSHE lessons encourage discussions about pupils’ concerns, ideas, and address their needs and arising issues
• Wellbeing Champions in Year 5 and 6 gather input from all year groups during playtime
• regular staff wellbeing survey results are used to make requested and required improvements
• morning movement initiative include movement breaks for all the children to help them learn throughout the day

The school are most proud of:

"We are really proud of our wellbeing offer to staff and pupils and the way we support children’s behaviour. We have a calm room which children can access throughout the day and it is run by a trauma informed trained member of staff. We have many adults around the school dedicated to supporting children and being there to listen to children when needed, offering check ins with pupils they know are vulnerable.

We introduced the pivotal approach to managing behaviour and always opt for kindness and calmness first. It is always commented on when people visit our school how supportive, calm, and kind our staff are to each other and the children and how we are calm towards the children, despite facing some challenging behaviour."

As a result of working with the Bristol Healthy Schools Programme the school noticed: 

"Our wellbeing team has had an impact on staff wellbeing and planned a wonderful mental health week. Working towards this award has highlighted the importance for all staff and pupils to have a say and our wellbeing questionnaire to staff and carrying out the healthy school’s questionnaire for pupils has also given us data we can use to better understand how our children feel and also how to best support staff."

Well done Easton CE Academy, keep up the good work!