Mental health problems in primary school children: it's time to support the teachers!

13th July 2022| Blogs

Often the first to spot mental health problems emerging, our teachers need more support

Thrive Licensed Practitioner training

Thankfully for Olivia Hennessey and Dr Tim Cook, Assistant Headteacher of Perry Wood Primary School and Headteacher of Liskeard Hillfort Primary School respectively, they caught on early to a secret formula: Thrive Licensed Practitioner training 

This revolutionary training gives the insight needed to spot and respond to pupils’ mental health needs with confidence - and in the most appropriate way. It’s one of the many reasons Thrive is the wellbeing provider of choice for over 75,000 senior leaders and classroom staff in the UK.  

Now Olivia and Tim have:

  • Children that feel settled and ready to learn
  • Insight into which children may be at risk of a mental health problem  
  • Age-appropriate action plans to help those needing additional support 
  • Tools and strategies that help to boost teacher job satisfaction and retention 
  • Detailed reports to evidence impact and track progression of groups or individuals  
  • Improved relationships between school and parents/carers 

 

 Here's what they both said:

 

Thrive is so embedded here. We have an approach to wellbeing that works. We know it’s something Ofsted will be looking at in the future and we can show data to evidence the impact it’s having on the wellbeing of our children.

We also use Thrive to help staff. We wanted to make sure they felt confident and supported in supporting our pupils. Thrive has helped us to do that.”

Olivia Hennessey. Assistant Headteacher, Perry Wood Primary School. 

 

 

 

“The school I stepped in to six years ago was ‘inadequate’. Thrive has been the foundation for much of our improvement work. It has helped us to create really strong relationships that have changed everything at the school and it has given staff a clear understanding of the neuroscience that underlies a lot of behaviour.

Thrive’s principles and practices have helped us to identify individual needs and to respond accordingly so that our children feel settled and ready to learn. We would have been in the mire without it.” 

Dr Tim Cook. Headteacher, Liskeard Hillfort Primary School.

 

 

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