PKS Win National ARC Timpson Award

The Futures Trust Parkgate Primary School and President Kennedy School became National ARC Timpson Award Winners at the Attachment Research Community Annual Conference this week.

Attachment theory explains how children build an internal working model of themselves and the world through relationships. Trauma, abuse, neglect, separation, and bereavement have adverse effects, which means the child and adult's sense of safety and relationships need to be rebuilt in order for them to learn.

The Attachment Research Community (ARC) supports schools and settings to develop best attachment and trauma-aware practice. ARC is a charitable organisation set up in 2017 with a mission to support all schools to be attachment and trauma aware.