Training course library
Thrive training gives you the tools and confidence to make a lasting impact on children and young people's lives. With a focus on emotional wellbeing, our courses empower you to improve behaviour, boost attendance, and create a positive learning environment.
Whether you're exploring our flagship Licensed Practitioner training or diving into shorter, topic-focused sessions, our mental health training for school staff is designed to support a whole-school approach to wellbeing and help your pupils thrive.
Leading Emotionally Healthy Primary Schools
Learn how to lead a whole-school approach to emotional wellbeing and create an environment where children and staff feel safe, supported and ready to learn.
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Leading Emotionally Healthy Secondary Schools
This course explores how social and emotional development shapes behaviour, engagement and readiness to learn during adolescence.
Are you an existing Thrive member looking for CPD, training days, or other member-exclusive courses?
Apprenticeships: a funded route to becoming
or expanding a Thrive School
Some programmes offer a route into becoming a Thrive School. Others build deeper expertise within settings already working with Thrive.
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Thrive Wellbeing Specialist Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Level 5
A Level 5 apprenticeship for experienced teaching assistants and support staff who want to become recognised Specialist Teaching Assistants and Thrive Licensed Practitioners.
- Become a nationally recognised Level 5 Specialist Teaching Assistant
- Includes Thrive Licensed Practitioner training
- Build specialist skills in social and emotional wellbeing
- Designed for teaching assistants and similar pupil support roles
- Your setting becomes a Thrive School
Apply by 13th July for the Autumn cohort
Levy-funded 18 months
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Thrive Wellbeing Leadership Apprenticeship Level 5
Final opportunity: this programme is ending after this cohort
A Level 5 apprenticeship for educators and aspiring leaders who want to become recognised Operations Managers and Thrive Licensed Practitioners, while helping their school embed Thrive strategically.
- Become a nationally recognised Level 5 Operations Manager
- Includes Thrive Licensed Practitioner training
- Develop leadership and management skills to lead Thrive across your setting
- Your setting becomes a Thrive School
Apply by 13th July for the Autumn cohort
Levy-funded 14 months
A funded route into Thrive for early years settings
These apprenticeships support early years settings to build strong foundations, from workforce qualification through to becoming a Thrive setting through leadership development.
Thrive Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Level 3
A Level 3 apprenticeship for staff who want to become qualified Early Years Educators, with Thrive training built in.
- Become a qualified Level 3 Early Years Educator
- Counts towards staff-to-child ratios on completion
- Thrive training woven through the programme
Apply by 13th July for the Autumn cohort
Levy-funded 18 months
Thrive Early Years Lead Practitioner Apprenticeship Level 5
A Level 5 apprenticeship for early years professionals who want to become recognised Early Years Lead Practitioners and Thrive Licensed Practitioners, while their setting becomes a Thrive Early Years Setting.
- Become a recognised Early Years Lead Practitioner
- Includes Thrive Licensed Practitioner training
- Includes Thrive-Online access for the duration of the programme
- Your setting becomes a Thrive Early Years Setting
Apply by 16th August to join the September cohort
Levy-funded 18 months