Attachment Aware School

We are proud to announce that we have successfully achieved an Attachment Aware Schools Bronze Award 2023/2024. 

The Attachment Aware Schools Award is a recognition of a commitment to the steps the school has taken to further develop a culture of compassion and nurture. This plays a pivotal role in getting our children and young people into a state of ‘learning readiness’. The award recognises and celebrates best practice in attachment and trauma aware schools and settings.

At Alexandra Primary School we believe strongly that relationships are at the core of everything we do. The personalised, individual approach to all pupils is evidenced through numerous practices. Knowledge of each pupil’s developmental needs underpins relationships, interactions and planning. This is a particular strength of our school. Every interaction is an intervention.

The year long attachment aware schools award programme involved: training from AfC virtual school, coaching from a team of Educational Psychologists, on-site whole school training in attachment and emotion coaching and development of a whole school change project based on findings from the Attachment Aware Schools audit. As a result of this award we have increased our knowledge of attachment and emotion coaching, we have made our language more trauma informed and have adapted our practice and policies to reflect this attachment and trauma informed approach.

Our work is not yet done and we plan to continue with our attachment aware policies and procedures for many years to come.