“It is my belief that with a better understanding of behaviour whilst, maintaining high expectations for young people, can help them to manage their behaviour problems, overcome their difficulties and genuinely allow them to achieve and also make them believe that they can learn, play, work, do sports, be a part of a team or group and overcome the barriers set before them.
It was my passion for teaching and my outstanding lesson observations, linked with my knowledge of real life from running pubs and nightclubs and an understanding of behaviour that has given me the drive to develop SafeSchools and The Carnegie ABC system, a restorative approach to managing behaviour which allows young people to develop academically, socially and emotionally.
This has helped reduce restraints from 76 in a 12 month period to 7, increased attendance to 86.5% in a school for LAC where previous attendance of individual students was often less than 10% and totally eliminated the need for exclusion.
Staff morale was high, young people wanted to come to school and learning actually took place. Young people started to achieve exam results in a variety of GCSE subjects and functional skills in addition to a variety of vocational awards.”