Evaluating Team of Life: A narrative approach to building resilience in UK school children

Supporting transition from primary to secondary school: using the Team of Life to improve psychosocial health and build resilience in UK school children

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN15949118

Enrollment

Registered

2017-01-18

Start date

2016-10-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-02-20

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Conditions

Social, psychological or behavioural vulnerability identified by schools in the transition from primary to secondary school Mental and Behavioural Disorders Social, psychological or behavioural vulnerability identified by schools in the transition from primary to secondary school

Interventions

Schools will be randomised to deliver either the 'Team of Life' (with TAU) or 'Supported Transition as Usual' (TAU only) in a 1:1 allocation ratio in the autumn term of secondary school. Pairs of scho

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Year 7 pupil 2. Deemed by the schools to be in need of extra support in the transition from primary into secondary school

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Significant special educational needs 2. Severe mental health or behavioural difficulties, which in the Head Teacher’s view would prevent participation within a group without significant individual support

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Feasibility outcomes: 1. Recruitment rates for eligible pupils 2. Group attendance 3. Intervention completion 4. Attrition rates at follow-up 4. Parent/teacher/pupil questionnaire completion rates 5. Number and length of staff-facilitator supervision sessions during delivery of TOL (and any additional consultation time requested) As this is a feasibility study and as such it does not have a primary outcome. A range of outcome measures will be included to assess their utility and acceptability within a future trial to generate estimates of standard deviation and ICCs for a range of candidate symptom and wellbeing outcome measures so as to inform sample size calculations for a future larger scale study: 1. Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL), completed by pupil, parent, teacher report 2. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) completed by pupil, parent, teacher report 3. Goal Based outcomes (GBO’s), using personalised goals set by pupil 4. The EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Wellbeing, completed by pupil only 5. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being scale (WEMWBS) completed by pupil only 6. MacArthur Health and Behaviour Questionnaire HBQ- Teacher version 2.1 - Three subscales will be used to assess teacher report of child engagement with school, peer relations and social withdrawal Outcomes will be measured at the start of the Intervention period and again at the end of the intervention period.	—

Measure

Time frame

Feasibility outcomes: 1. Recruitment rates for eligible pupils 2. Group attendance 3. Intervention completion 4. Attrition rates at follow-up 4. Parent/teacher/pupil questionnaire completion rates 5. Number and length of staff-facilitator supervision sessions during delivery of TOL (and any additional consultation time requested) As this is a feasibility study and as such it does not have a primary outcome. A range of outcome measures will be included to assess their utility and acceptability within a future trial to generate estimates of standard deviation and ICCs for a range of candidate symptom and wellbeing outcome measures so as to inform sample size calculations for a future larger scale study: 1. Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL), completed by pupil, parent, teacher report 2. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) completed by pupil, parent, teacher report 3. Goal Based outcomes (GBO’s), using personalised goals set by pupil 4. The EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Wellbeing, completed by pupil only 5. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being scale (WEMWBS) completed by pupil only 6. MacArthur Health and Behaviour Questionnaire HBQ- Teacher version 2.1 - Three subscales will be used to assess teacher report of child engagement with school, peer relations and social withdrawal Outcomes will be measured at the start of the Intervention period and again at the end of the intervention period.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Pupil’s personal experiences of being part of the Team of Life within school is measured through a brief qualitative interview with children with open questions will be conducted at the end of the Team of Life 2. Peer mentor’s experiences of supporting the delivery of Team of Life within schools is assessed through a focus group with open questions at the end of the Team of Life 3. Education staff facilitator experience of delivering the Team of Life on a weekly basis and on the observed value and difficulties of using the group-based intervention is assessed through reviewing short reflective diaries kept throughout the intervention period	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Pupil’s personal experiences of being part of the Team of Life within school is measured through a brief qualitative interview with children with open questions will be conducted at the end of the Team of Life 2. Peer mentor’s experiences of supporting the delivery of Team of Life within schools is assessed through a focus group with open questions at the end of the Team of Life 3. Education staff facilitator experience of delivering the Team of Life on a weekly basis and on the observed value and difficulties of using the group-based intervention is assessed through reviewing short reflective diaries kept throughout the intervention period

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Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026