Whole School Approaches to Nurture

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<p>Kent County Council is looking for an organisation or consortium of organisations to deliver a programme of accredited, evidence-based training and consultancy support to mainstream primary and secondary schools in Kent, to enable them to establish and embed Whole School Approaches to Nurture.</p> <p>The concept of &lsquo;nurture&rsquo; in an education setting is built on the principle that all behaviour is a form of communication, and that by focussing on the root causes of presenting behaviours (which may appear challenging), responses can be better adapted to improve outcomes for individual children and young people, both academically and emotionally. There is a broad evidence-base outlining the efficacy of Nurture models, which can lead to improved emotional wellbeing, engagement in education and reduced exclusions, particularly for children and young people with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. Through focussing on a whole-school approach to Nurture, this service will aim to improve the social and emotional wellbeing of all children and young people in participating schools, with specific focus on improving a range of outcomes for children and young people with SEMH needs.</p> <p>The offer to schools must involve training and on-going consultancy support in implementing both whole-school approaches and targeted Nurture provision for those with more significant SEMH needs. It will also include providing schools with a complementary accredited tool to measure pupils' emotional wellbeing and offering training and support to schools in applying the tool successfully throughout the programme. This will require a secure platform to store and track pupil wellbeing information electronically.</p> <p>The service will provide training and consultancy support over 3 years to enable a minimum of 300 schools (by the end of Year 3) to develop and implement their own whole-school approaches to Nurture, working within an evidence-based, accredited framework. We are looking for a provider with experience of delivering evidence-based programmes of Nurture training to schools at scale that have already been externally evaluated, and which offer the opportunity for participating schools to gain a recognised accreditation.</p> <p>It is KCC's intention to award the contract for 3 years, to begin in September 2021. The maximum contract value over the contract lifetime will be &pound;900,000.</p> <p>This will be a two-stage tender process with an optional negotiation period. Tenderers are initially asked to return their responses to the Mandatory Selection Questions by 12.00 (midday) on the 19th April 2021. These responses will be evaluated and it is anticipated that the Invitation to Tender documents will be released to providers who have&nbsp;been selected from&nbsp;the Mandatory Selection Questions on the 27th April 2021.</p> Keywords: Nurture, Emotional Wellbeing, Schools