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Incredible Years School Readiness
Development in Flintshire
Gail Bennett
Early Years and Family Support Manager
[email protected]
Jenni Rochfort
Lead Parenting Practitioner
[email protected]
01244 551140
Incredible Years School Readiness
Developments in Flintshire
Aim of the presentation:
» Approach: Multi-agency working – Parenting
Programmes Development Group
» Partnerships
» Delivery Models
Flintshire Parenting
Making a positive difference –
Think Family
Our Vision
“All ‘parents’ in Flintshire will have access to
information, advice, guidance and services to help them
in their role as parents; recognising the importance of
‘parenting’ - raising and nurturing children, at all ages,
and stages”
Parenting Programmes Development
Group
Terms of Reference
» To increase access to evidence-based Parenting
Programmes for parents in Flintshire based on identified
need.
» To advance recommendations contained within the
Parenting Programmes Literature Review document
(November 2008).
Delivery Models
» Independent Delivery
» Partnership with Flying Start
» Partnership with Generic Health
Inspiration
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January 2014 visit to Powys
Sue Evans and Ann Breese
Incredible Years whole school approach
Embedding IY School Readiness programme
Funding
» Dedicated funding
» £15 000 from Family Learning
» Specifically for the development of the IY School
Readiness programme in Flintshire
The Vision
» To reach as many Flintshire parents of 2-4 year olds as
possible
» To normalise parenting
» To encourage good strong partnerships between
parents and schools from the outset
» To embed the IY School Readiness programme in
Flintshire primary schools
The Audit
» How many schools currently delivering IY School
Readiness?
» How many staff members trained and actively
delivering?
» What support do schools need to deliver
successfully?
The Plan
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Planning meetings
How many schools?
Flintshire hosted IY School Readiness training
Flintshire hosted IY School Readiness refresher
training
» IY School Readiness Peer Group Support meetings
» Measuring
The Schools
» Aim to embed the IY School Readiness programme in
at least 5 new schools
» Identified 14 possible schools
» Initial meetings held with school Headteachers
» Invite to Information event on 9 July 2014
Information Event
» Representatives from 11 Primary Schools and 1
consortium attend
» Bev Irvine gives an overview of the programme
» Ysgol Cae’r Nant share how the programme fits
within their overall plan for Family Learning and
working with parents
» Mountain Lane Primary share the success of the
programme in their school
» Jenni Rochfort gives an overview of the 3 possible
delivery models and the Service Level Agreement
The Service Level Agreement
» The Parenting Strategy
» will fund the 2 day training and the resources for
each school
» will provide 3 Peer Group support meetings per
year
» will provide support from the Lead Parenting
Practitioner where required
» will work with the schools and facilitators to
support the success of the Incredible Years
School Readiness programme
The Service Level Agreement cont.
» The school Headteacher
» will identify and support suitable facilitators to
attend the 2 day training
» will ensure that the facilitators receive adequate
support and preparation time to enable successful
delivery of the programme before 15 July 2015
» will ensure that the facilitators are able to attend at
least one of the 3 Peer Group Support meetings
» will ensure that delivery includes programme
fidelity and measurements of effectiveness
The Training
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1 & 2 October 2014
Flintshire hosted 2 day IY School Readiness training
Trainer – Bridget Roberts
20 attendees from 12 schools and one consortium
All have signed Service Level Agreements in place
Bridget’s comment: “Incredible! Every single person
(20) on this training has the programme AND a
Service Level Agreement with their schools to deliver
in the next year!!”
IY School Readiness Refresher training
» Delivered by Bridget Roberts on 28 January 2015
» Criteria for attendance:
» Trained a while ago and never delivered
» Attempted delivery with limited success
» Trained in IY Pre School BASIC but delivering IY
School Readiness
» “No longer feeling the love for the programme.”
» 6 school staff attendees (Service Level Agreements in
place)
» 6 Flying Start attendees co delivering with school staff
Refresher Training Feedback
» “I thought that the refresher day was invaluable. Got
a lot out of it as it was quite some time ago that I did
the training.”
» “The best bit I got from the refresher day was
'extracting good ideas from parents.' Bridget showed
us how to ask parents what they were seeing in the
clips and write them down as concepts or instructions
that they could look back on and understand what they
had learned.”
» “It focused on areas we felt we needed support in e.g.
role play and vignettes”
IY School Readiness Peer Group
Support
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30 January 2015
Led by Jenni Rochfort and Bev Irvine
Attended by 15 (12 school staff and 3 Flying Start)
Group discussion on Barriers to Recruitment
Recruitment success shared by Coleen Mayers;
ALNCo at Mountain Lane Primary
» Focus on the Role of the Co Leader
Peer Group Support Feedback
» “I have gained so much from today! I feel I have a
greater understanding of the programme. I went into
the meeting not knowing what I would gain, I came out
with more knowledge, understanding and confidence to
deliver the course more effectively. Next week’s
session is going to be so much better as we have the
understanding! I look forward to more inspiring
meetings.” Zoë
» “We need more of these meetings in the future.” Claire
Measuring our Effectiveness
» As of September 2014 all parenting programmes
delivered in Flintshire are accompanied by the use of
the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale and
where possible one other service outcome specific
measurement tool
» The WEMWBS is used to track delivery and monitor
effectiveness
» The WEMWBS has been translated into Welsh and
Polish to meet service needs
» All data is being collated but it is too early to report on
The Future
» A Parent Consultation half day with Bridget Roberts
planned for 6 May 2015; to be offered to current group
of trained IY School Readiness programme facilitators
» Initiate phase 2 of the development
» Identify a new cohort of schools
» Flintshire to host a further 2 day training programme
Education Policy - Estyn
Key Question 3.3.
» Inspectors should evaluate how strategically the school
works with its partners to improve pupils’ standards and
wellbeing.
» The main focus in this quality indicator should be on
the impact of strategic partnerships on pupils’
standards and wellbeing and not just on the number
and range of partners or the nature and quality of the
partnership arrangements.
» Partners include Parents / carers
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