Meeting Ofsted’s Expectations on Belonging and Resilience
Under the new OFSTED framework, FE providers are judged on embedded inclusion and participation: safe, respectful environments, high attendance and participation, and learners who feel welcome, valued and respected. For learners with high needs, leaders are expected to provide planned support that builds resilience, confidence and independence, and many colleges are extending this to wider cohorts.
Leaders tell us:
- “We’ve got wellbeing activities, but nothing consistent or joined-up.”
- “Students still say they don’t feel like they belong.”
- “We know resilience matters, but it ends up as a buzzword.”
This webinar shows how our award-nominated FE-born tools—RESTA (Resilience Support Teaching Assistant programme) and RESO (Resilience Support Organisation framework)turn those priorities into evidenced practice.
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What you’ll learn
- Why most approaches fail: common FE pitfalls with wellbeing, belonging and participation.
- What “embedded” looks like: how RESTA equips staff to build learner resilience and confidence (with a focus on EBSA, SEND and high needs) through a supervised APDR approach and practical reasonable adjustments.
- Culture, not bolt-ons: how RESO creates whole-college belonging routines, consistent attendance/behaviour expectations and a clear pastoral framework aligned to inspection factors.
- Evidence that matters: how FE providers are improving attendance, participation and motivation with RESTA/RESO.
Who should attend
FE leaders for Quality, Safeguarding, Student Experience, SEND/High Needs and Curriculum and anyone asking whether their college is truly inspection-ready on belonging, wellbeing and resilience.
Bonus for attendees
- Belonging & Resilience in FE Audit Tool (1-page checklist to benchmark where you stand).
- Priority access to RESTA/RESO implementation for your college.
Built with FE, for FE. RESTA and RESO are designed to move you from activity to embedded practice so that you can meet “expected,” secure “strong,” and aim for “exceptional.”
Our speaker – Dr Esther Borrett
Dr Esther Borrett is an Educational and Child Psychologist and founder of Brimstone Psychology. She created RESTA (Resilience Support Teaching Assistant) and RESO (Resilience Support Organisation)—FE-born frameworks that embed wellbeing, belonging and resilience across colleges. Developed with colleges and now award-nominated, RESTA combines a sequenced learner programme with six-day staff training and ongoing psychologist supervision; RESO provides the whole-organisation blueprint and Quality Mark pathway. Esther’s published work in trauma-responsive, resilience-based practice has supported measurable gains in attendance, participation and learner confidence, particularly for EBSA, SEND and high-needs cohorts.