The core of restorative practice is relationships.

Restorative Practice is the repairing and maintaining of relationships between people. We are developing the successful idea that bad behaviour does not reflect the person, just the mood or situation. The old ways of negative behaviour and punishment are being eliminated and replaced with understanding where the behaviour came from, why it happened and how we can improve behaviour as a team rather than as individuals.

Pupils crave fairness and they thrive when a situation is handled fair. As professionals, we need to be developing the idea in our pupils’ heads that not every situation is a win/lose result and that we can solve issues with a fair and positive process.