Insights

Find a range of resources aimed at sharing knowledge and best practice around wellbeing in education. Have a look through the below articles, podcasts and webinars to discover tips and strategies to help make your setting a nurturing and supportive space for children and young people. 

 

How to tackle persistent absenteeism in schools

How to tackle persistent absenteeism in schools

15th January 2024

The new year is usually a fresh start but for many professionals who work with children and young people the challenges they face in 2024 will be very familiar.

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Reduced behavioural incidents and staff who feel well-supported and equipped to handle challenges

Reduced behavioural incidents and staff who feel well-supported and equipped to handle challenges

16th November 2023

Read how Thrive has given senior leaders at Holy Trinity and St John’s CoE Primary School an understanding of behaviour as communication of unmet need. This has resulted in calmer, less disruptive classrooms and staff who feel supported and equipped to handle behaviour challenges.

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Simple strategies that can help MATs to prioritise attendance

Simple strategies that can help MATs to prioritise attendance

12th October 2023

Read our 10-point guide to help MATs to tackle absenteeism, including free resources to help settings foster a culture of attendance.

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How to get the true measure of wellbeing interventions

How to get the true measure of wellbeing interventions

15th August 2023

Read how settings can measure their wellbeing interventions to ensure that they are truly effective

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Building relationships and gaining insights from data – the impact of Thrive at Feltham YOI

Building relationships and gaining insights from data – the impact of Thrive at Feltham YOI

6th July 2023

Read how Feltham Young Offenders Institute adapted the Thrive Approach to work in the youth justice system.

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Thrive saves money on staff costs and improves behaviour and attainment

Thrive saves money on staff costs and improves behaviour and attainment

6th July 2023

Read how Thomas Arnold Primary School, in Dagenham, have seen behaviour and attainment improve - while staff costs have fallen in relation to coping with disrupted lessons and problems with behaviour.

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When children feel the cost of living strain

When children feel the cost of living strain

11th May 2023

Families are having a rough time of it because of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, not least children.

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Understanding neuroscience can help children to succeed

Understanding neuroscience can help children to succeed

4th April 2023

The crisis in children and young people's mental health and wellbeing is finally getting the attention it needs and deserves, writes Thrive's Managing Director Anna Smee

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How a radical approach to Thrive and outdoor learning helped to transform pupils' behaviour

How a radical approach to Thrive and outdoor learning helped to transform pupils' behaviour

25th August 2022

Lucy Bone, Thrive Licensed Practitioner at Maple Cross JMI and Nursery School, explains how a bold decision to focus on Thrive techniques in an outdoor environment re-engaged two boys with learning

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Webinar - How play can help boost adolescent social and emotional wellbeing

Webinar - How play can help boost adolescent social and emotional wellbeing

18th August 2022

In this webinar produced in partnership with Tes, Tes Senior Editor Simon Lock speaks to child mental health expert, Professor Helen Dodd, and two teachers about the importance of using play based activities to boost learning and wellbeing in adolescence - and the techniques they are using to put this into practice.

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Webinar - How can schools work with parents to tackle school avoidance

Webinar - How can schools work with parents to tackle school avoidance

18th August 2022

In this webinar produced in partnership with Tes, an experienced panel of educators and professionals sits down to discuss what schools and parents can do about the increase, in both children and young people, of emotionally-based school avoidance.

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Prevention strategies and quick wins for challenging classroom behaviour

Prevention strategies and quick wins for challenging classroom behaviour

14th February 2022

When it comes to poor behaviour, it is far more effective in the long run to focus on the unmet needs behind the behaviour. Thrive's Rose Webb offers a list of prevention strategies and quick wins. Th...

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How to create an environment for emotional wellbeing

How to create an environment for emotional wellbeing

9th December 2021

Thrive's Adolescent Specialist Rose Webb and Jo Dunne, a Licensed Practitioner from Herbert Thompson Primary School, in Cardiff, feature in this article about creating an environment for emotional we...

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The importance of checking yourself before tackling flashpoints

The importance of checking yourself before tackling flashpoints

9th December 2021

Viv Trask-Hall, Head of Innovation in Education at Thrive, shares how changing the way we deal with behaviour incidents will help children build strong foundations for their learning in this article...

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'Are my friends still my friends?' (An anxiety focus)

'Are my friends still my friends?' (An anxiety focus)

9th July 2021

Pupils' anxieties: Name it to tame it Headteacher Ben Travitzky on why a 'name it to tame it' approach is helping to support children's wellbeing at his school This article was originally published o...

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Why it's time to rethink 'bad behaviour'

Why it's time to rethink 'bad behaviour'

12th March 2020

How understanding what's happening in the brain can help educators rethink 'bad behaviour'.

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