As restorative practice partner with the Anti-Bullying Alliance, Restorative Thinking supports awareness-raising of the impact restorative practice has on both preventative and reactionary anti-bullying strategies. This  new research report from the DfE highlights qualitative research to understand anti-bullying practices schools have found effective. These include approaches to tackling bullying generally and more specific types of bullying, for example: racial bullying special educational needs and disability (SEND) bullying lesbian, gay,...

Restorative Thinking Limited ran a two-year pilot with primary, secondary and special schools in Liverpool (from April 2015) to introduce and embed whole school restorative practice as a means of improving behaviour. The project has been evaluated by Restorative Thinking Limited and Liverpool City Council, based on data and feedback from SLT, teachers, whole school staff, pupils, Governors, parents and the wider school community.  A copy of the report is available to schools on request; please e-mail Mrs Lesley Parkinson: ...

‘Children and Young People Now’ features restorative practice this month, including an article on restorative practice in schools settings, and a focus on Restorative Thinking Limited’s 2-year pilot with Liverpool City Council.  Download the article here.  To access the ‘CYP Now’ full report, please visit their website:  https://www.cypnow.co.uk/cyp/feature/2004254/special-report-restorative-practice

Adapted from the Restorative Justice Council website: The Children’s Commissioner, Dr Maggie Atkinson, highlighted restorative approaches as good practice in managing pupils with challenging behaviour in her 2012 report into schools exclusions, They never give up on you. The report was the result of the first year of an ongoing inquiry into school exclusions by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner. On the prevention of, and alternatives to, exclusions, the report found that there was currently no guidance for schools on good...

Letter from pupil to RP Lead at Liverpool Academy, December 2015 “I would just like to tell you about the many ways that our restorative practice sessions have benefitted and helped me along with my school life. The RP sessions have also helped me at home to deal with pressure but also realise the importance of other people’s feelings and how my actions could change a bad situation for the better. I have learned to understand how our brain communicates and functions emotionally. My teachers and parents have seen a change in my attitude...

Restorative Thinking Limited is working with a cluster of Liverpool schools over a period of two years (from April 2015) to introduce and embed whole school restorative practices. The project is being externally evaluated and we are gathering feedback from SLT, teachers, whole school staff, pupils, Governors, parents and the wider school community.  We are delighted to receive the following impromptu feedback from Mrs Mary Williams, Deputy Head Teacher at Aigburth High School in Liverpool: “We have made in roads into how Restorative...