Wellbeing Award for Schools (WAS)

We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in being re-verifed for the Wellbeing Award for Schools. We originally signed up to this award to further develop our work to promote positive wellbeing and mental health for the whole school community and are really proud to have been able to evidence the hard work we continue to do at Allfarthing and look forward to continuing to drive Wellbeing and Mental Health in the years to come.

Highlights from the WAS Final Verification Report

The Head Teacher and his staff are clearly passionately committed to and knowledgeable about promoting EWMH as well as important related areas such as equality and inclusion.  They are supported in this by governors who value these aspects of the school’s work highly and appreciate the links with achievement.  It was a pleasure to meet such reflective practitioners who clearly appreciate the support they receive from leaders and colleagues.

The school is bright and cheerful.  Corridors and classrooms include displays of pupils’ work alongside information about the school council, equality champions and many other leadership roles as well as examples of pupils’ work, affirmations and information reiterating the school’s commitment to EWMH and promoting equality and inclusion. 

Pupils spoke eloquently about various strategies they could use to support both their own wellbeing or to help friends who were upset or worried.  They were confident about where and how to get help.  They know about the different kinds of support available to them at school, including worry boxes and Place2Be, and talked about how they use Zones of Regulation to self-regulate and to ask for help when they need it.  They enjoy the brain breaks, understand the value of mindfulness activities and spoke knowledgeably about the functions of the various parts of the brain in relation to emotional and physical regulation, memory etc.

Parents are also very positive, several praising the work the school has been doing around EDI as well as the way it communicates with them about wellbeing through Dojo, events, parenting classes, newsletters and emails.  They say that their children’s voices are listened to and acted upon and this was also clear from the evidence provided and discussions with the Head and staff.

There is a well-equipped sensory room and several attractive intervention spaces, a quiet zone in the playground and bright, well equipped staff room.  There are prominent Zones of Regulation displays in every classroom and children can visit the Place2Be space in the playground for a range of additional support.

You can read our full report HERE