1. Newstart: A resilient response to emotional wellbeing in Birmingham
Broad and balanced – June 2018

2. Newstart: Story so far
New Start is BEP’s CCG-funded, asset-focused approach to:
Make schools more emotionally supportive environments
improving pupil wellbeing and building resilience
enabling early identification of vulnerable pupils and early intervention of need
Enable schools to take an asset focused approach to intervention
Links to school improvement – closing the gap
working with 39 schools across all 10 Birmingham districts

3. 50% of all people with mental illness had symptoms by 14
Know that 50% of lifelong mental illness appears before 14.
ACEs research is compelling in terms of lifelong outcomes for individuals – increased exclusion and health issues/use of healthcare facilities

4. Ofsted Making the link:
Table showing how the evidence fits with the key judgement areas
The link between pupil health and wellbeing and attainment. (A briefing for head teachers, governors and staff in education settings). Public Health England. 2014
Glowing reports….
“Inspectors found the school to have developed a wide range of provision aimed at promoting positive mental health and overall pupil well-being.”
“Ensuring the highest levels of care and welfare to promote the well-being of all pupils, regardless of their background, is at the heart of everything you and your staff do.”

5. Pupils’ Health, Wellbeing and Attainment
Pupils with better health and wellbeing are likely to achieve better academically:
Social and emotional competencies are a more significant determinant of academic attainment than IQ
Pupils who are confident about learning and have a ‘growth mindset’ persist when faced with challenges
Pupils who can set goals, manage stress and organise their school work achieve higher grades
The link between pupil health and wellbeing and attainment (A briefing for Headteachers, governors and staff in education settings) PHE, 2014

6. Newstart – building resilience
Based on the premise that it is changes in the environment that mean more to a child’s resilience when risk is high.
Or in other words…

7. Newstart – building resilience
When we shape environments for our most vulnerable children, we make them much more likely to overcome adversity and continue his/her normal development and in turn, help all children.
Ungar, 2014.

8. Newstart – building resilience
Not just something internal – involves our environment and those around us
It’s our capacity to navigate to the psychological, social support we need AND to do so in culturally meaningful ways

11. Where do you feel safe?

12. Doing better than circumstances might have predicted

13. NewStart: Strands All schools access the same strands:
Support of a BEP Strategic Lead
Senior Lead
Audit and action planning
Method for identifying vulnerability
Staff training
Student Leadership/pupil engagement
Communities of Practice and CPD

14. Understand academic resilience and what it would look like in your school
School Lead
trained
1 day
Identify who is at risk if you do not ‘step up’ your support
vulnerability screening and stepped up school support
ARA Framework-led Audit (sept/Oct)
Pupils – 1-2hrs
Leadership – 1-2hrs
Undertaken by SWBL
Access to additional NS resources/offers
Termly Community of Practice
Review
Plan Do
Regular minuted meetings with BEP SWBL
Whole school community
1 x half term
Yr 9 young wellbeing Leads
3 x sessions at Pause
Staff training:
Whole School
Pastoral team
CYP
Parents
Regular minuted meetings with BEP SWBL – 1 per ½ term

15. Thank you