Thrive Licensed Practitioner training
Develop trained practitioners who can support inclusion across your setting.
Licensed Practitioner training helps staff in schools and settings understand children and young people’s social and emotional development, so they can give the right support at the right time.
How to train a Thrive Licensed Practitioner
There are different ways to access Licensed Practitioner training, depending on where you are in your Thrive journey.
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New to Thrive?
If your school or setting is new to Thrive, you can access Licensed Practitioner training through our Thrive School packages or selected apprenticeships.
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Already a Thrive School?
If your school or setting already uses Thrive and has an active Thrive-Online subscription, you can book additional Licensed Practitioner training places online.
What is a Thrive Licensed Practitioner?
A Thrive Licensed Practitioner is a trained member of staff who uses the Thrive Approach to support children and young people’s social and emotional development.
They learn how to notice when a child or young person may need help, understand what might be sitting behind behaviour, withdrawal, anxiety, low attendance or low engagement, and put support in place.
That support might be part of everyday school life, or it might be more focused one-to-one or small group work.
In practice, it means your setting has people who can help make Thrive part of daily practice, not just something staff know about.
How Licensed Practitioner training helps your setting
Schools and settings are supporting children and young people with a wide range of social and emotional needs, often while staff are already stretched.
Licensed Practitioner training gives your team a shared way to understand need earlier, plan support and help more children feel safe, included and ready to learn.
For settings new to Thrive, this training is accessed through our Thrive School packages or selected apprenticeships, so staff can learn alongside the tools and support that help Thrive become part of everyday practice.
Help staff spot social and emotional needs that may be affecting attendance, relationships, wellbeing or learning.
Give children and young people support when they need it, from everyday wellbeing support to more focused one-to-one or small group work.
Give staff a shared way to understand children and young people’s needs, so support does not sit with one person or one team.
Use Thrive-Online to understand need, create action plans and see what is changing over time.
Help more children and young people feel safe, understood and able to take part in school life.
What staff learn on Licensed Practitioner training
Staff learn how to:
- understand the links between emotional development, relationships, wellbeing and learning
- identify when a child or young person may need extra social and emotional support
- use Thrive-Online to understand need and create action plans
- choose activities and strategies that support emotional resilience, confidence and self-esteem
- provide everyday support, as well as one-to-one or small group support
- talk with colleagues about children and young people’s needs in a shared, consistent way
- help build a calmer, more relational and inclusive culture across the setting
Who should become a Licensed Practitioner?
Most settings choose staff who already play an important role in wellbeing, behaviour, SEND, inclusion or targeted support.
This may include:
- teaching assistants
- pastoral staff & SENCOs
- inclusion leads & behaviour leads
- family support workers
- early years practitioners
- senior leaders
- staff responsible for targeted support
“Thrive’s principles and practices have helped us to identify individual needs and respond accordingly, so that our children feel settled and ready to learn.”
Dr Tim Cook
Headteacher, Liskeard Hillfort Primary School
Training matched to the age group you support
Licensed Practitioner training is tailored to the age and stage of the children and young people your staff work with.
For special schools and specialist settings, the right training route will depend on the age, developmental stage and needs of the children and young people you support.
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supporting children 0-5
Early Years Licensed Practitioner training
For practitioners working with babies and young children, focusing on early emotional development, relationships and readiness for learning.
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supporting children 5-11
Childhood Licensed Practitioner training
A shared approach that builds on and connects what’s already in place, creating greater alignment across schools without adding another initiative.
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supporting young people 11-25
Adolescence Licensed Practitioner training
For staff working with secondary-aged pupils, focusing on adolescent development, relationships, regulation and engagement.
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advanced training
Advanced Practitioner training
For experienced Licensed Practitioners who want to deepen their practice and support wider use of Thrive across their setting.
Ready to build Thrive Licensed Practitioner expertise in your setting?
Licensed Practitioner training can help your team support children and young people with more confidence, care and consistency.
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Frequently asked questions
If your school or setting is new to Thrive, Licensed Practitioner training is available through our Thrive School packages or selected apprenticeships.
You can learn more about which route is best for your setting, here.
Yes. If your school or setting already uses Thrive and has an active Thrive-Online subscription, you can book additional Licensed Practitioner training places online.
Book Thrive Licensed Practitioner training
Many settings choose staff involved in pastoral care, SEND, inclusion, behaviour, wellbeing or targeted support. The best choice depends on how Thrive will be used in your setting.
Yes. Licensed Practitioners use Thrive-Online to understand need, create action plans and track support.
Yes. Licensed Practitioner training is available for Early Years, Childhood and Adolescence, with Advanced Practitioner training available for experienced Licensed Practitioners.
For special schools, specialist settings and alternative provision, the right Licensed Practitioner training depends on how your setting supports children and young people.
Some settings work mainly in line with chronological age. Others work more closely with children and young people’s developmental needs, which may not match their chronological age.
For example, a specialist setting working with adolescents may choose Adolescence Licensed Practitioner training if they are supporting young people in an age-appropriate way. If they are working more developmentally, Childhood Licensed Practitioner training may offer a better fit.
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