TeachSafe Traffic Lights System

My extensive research involves in finding suitable means to keep schools in our country safe and create a secure environment for both pupils and teachers. My earlier approach mostly concentrated on handling aggressive pupils in a classroom by stressing the importance of using effective de-escalation techniques such a Positive Handling with low-level restraints.  

Though this technique has been widely accepted, trained and practiced by schools in our country, it has always concerned me. I realised the fact that these techniques are missing a key element which has been exploited on numerous occasions when a staff member is physically assaulted by a pupil within the school premises.  

I have been involved in education for over 20 years and I’ve spent a good part of my life advising Senior Management Teams in keeping their school safe and compliant. The growing trend on violence against school staff compelled me to shift focus from pupils to staff.  

I am travelling across the country meeting Headteachers, Executives and Teaching Professionals. I am talking to people who have encountered life-changing situations where their safety was at risk within the school premises. If you have encountered any such incidents in your life, please get in touch with my office and I’ll be very interested in your contribution to my ongoing research to keep the UK schools a safe place for staff.  

In the TeachSafe Traffic Lights System, your staff will learn how to identify potential risk by assessing the motivation of an aggressor and using appropriate principles to avoid or diffuse the situation reducing any harm to themselves and others.  

Finally, in the unlikely circumstance when the former two principles fail to stop the aggressor, they will be shown how to protect themselves from any physical harm.  

Please note I do not train staff in self-defence in the traditional sense as it’s just not effective as a protective strategy.  

If you have any teacher safety issue in your school and need expert advice please get in touch for a free consultation.

Call now 0845 900 3559 to find out more or email at tom@positivehandling.academy