Trauma Informed Approach to Behaviour
At Haileybury Turnford, creating a strong sense of belonging for our students, to enable them to thrive and flourish, has been central to our work for a number of years. We worked very closely with Pivotal Education to create this positive climate and culture, benefiting all staff and students. 
Our approach encourages students to develop positive relationships and develop self-discipline. The Pivotal framework placed emphasis on developing positive relationships whilst maintaining our high expectations of students in order to create a calm and productive culture ensuring effective learning takes place and students can achieve.
Underpinning our school ethos are our three minimum expectations we ask of every student; Ready for learning, Respectful to all staff and students and Safe at all times. Encouraging and modelling these expectations for our students ensures we are creating the right culture in our school to enabling all students to succeed.
Our work was recognised by Pivotal Education with a series of awards, including the Pivotal Gold Standard Behaviour Award in October 2020.
We have further developed this work, and are implementing a trauma-informed approach that emphasises creating a safe, supportive and understanding environment for students. This is achieved by training staff on how trauma affects development, focusing on building trusting relationships and responding to behaviour with empathy by exploring its underlying causes rather than using punitive measures. The approach includes fostering emotional wellbeing through trauma-informed practices, providing individual support and collaborating with families to meet the needs of each child.
