Become a Thrive Multi Academy Trust
A trust-wide approach to reducing exclusions, improving attendance and strengthening inclusion
Thrive gives you a shared, practical framework to reduce variation across your schools, while giving central teams clearer visibility of need, progress and impact.
Discuss Thrive at a Trust level
Why School Trusts Choose Thrive
Helping trusts build stronger, more inclusive schools through a shared approach that develops staff confidence, consistency and long-term in-house capability.
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inclusive practice
Build inclusive practice across schools
Help staff respond earlier to need so fewer pupils reach the point of exclusion or escalation.
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consistency
Create consistency without adding another initiative
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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build in-house capability
Build capability within your schools
Develop in-house expertise, reducing reliance on short-term interventions and external support.
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clearer oversight
Give central teams clearer oversight
See patterns across schools, identify where support is needed, and track improvement over time.
Evidence you can trust
Thrive has been independently evaluated by ImpactEd, based on data from over 2,600 schools.
Schools using Thrive show:
For trusts, this offers robust, external evidence to support governance, inspection and improvement planning.
case studies
Real Examples of Trusts Embedding Thrive
Palladian Academy Trust
Building a Culture of Emotional Wellbeing Through Thrive
Faced with a rise in dysregulated behaviour, Palladian Academy Trust embraced the Thrive Approach to improve emotional wellbeing across its 11 schools.
By embedding Thrive into daily practice, the trust has fostered a culture of emotional regulation, enhanced staff wellbeing, and boosted pupil engagement, leading to a more inclusive and supportive learning environment.
Palladian is now working towards becoming a Thrive Multi-Academy Trust of Excellence, ensuring consistent standards and long-term success across its schools.
- 11 out of 11 Primary Schools using Thrive
GLF Schools
Transforming pupil behaviour and creating calmer classrooms
GLF Schools, a thriving multi-academy trust across the south of England, is making great strides in supporting pupils' emotional wellbeing through the Thrive Approach. With Thrive embedded across 38 schools, the approach is playing a key role in creating calm and nurturing environments that help pupils engage positively with their learning.
A shining example is Meridian High School, where Thrive has reduced exclusions, improved classroom behaviour, and empowered both staff and pupils. Meridian has even been recognised as a Thrive School of Excellence for its remarkable progress.
- 38 out of 43 Schools using Thrive
Delta Academies Trust
Data-driven insights into pupil wellbeing, attendance, and exclusions
With Thrive embedded in 42 of its 57 schools, Delta Academies Trust is fostering environments where every child's social and emotional needs are prioritised, enabling them to engage more fully with their education.
The use of Thrive-Online is crucial in identifying and tracking where support is most needed, allowing the trust to take targeted, data-driven actions.
A shining example of this commitment is St Wilfrid’s Academy in Doncaster, which has achieved Thrive’s prestigious School of Excellence status for its innovative and compassionate approach to supporting pupils at risk of exclusion.
- 42 out of 57 schools using Thrive
How Trust wide implementation works
Trust partnerships are built on two core foundations:
You build internal expertise so staff understand what driving behaviour and what to do about it.
This typically includes senior leadership training, whole-school inductions, and trust-wide professional development, aligned to your existing priorities around attendance, behaviour, SEND and belonging.
Thrive-Online gives leaders a shared way to assess need, plan support and track progress across schools, providing clear visibility of patterns, priorities and impact at trust level.
Through Thrive-Online, you can:
- Identify barriers to learning early
- Create targeted action plans
- Track progress over time
- Evidence impact for leadership and inspection
Together, these create a more connected and coherent approach, with clear oversight across a trust. Your subscription also includes My Thrive Scan, providing a whole school snapshot of wellbeing through two short staff-completed scans.
Learn more about Thrive-OnlineWays to implement
Direct investment
Licensed Practitioner training and Thrive-Online, supported by Thrive implementation expertise.
- Practitioners qualified in around three months
- Clear central coordination
- Suited to trusts prioritising pace and consistency
Apprenticeship route
Levy-funded apprenticeships combining Licensed Practitioner training with nationally recognised qualifications.
- Strategic use of levy funding
- Planned cohorts across schools
- Workforce development built over time
Blended approach
A combination of direct training and apprenticeships across roles or phases.
- Phased rollout
- Scalable over time
- Aligned with wider improvement priorities
Not sure which route is right for you?
Book a conversation with a member of our team to talk through your context,
priorities and funding options.
Book a conversationInsights for trust leaders
Recent reports, webinars and insights for trust leaders.
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The Schools White Paper & Inclusion at Scale: How ready is your trust to deliver?
In this session, Tom Preston, Viv Trask-Hall and Liz Murray will share what they’re seeing across the system and what seems to be making a difference.
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Thrive & ImpactEd's Inclusion Readiness in Schools Report Snapshot
Based on a survey of over 1,000 educators, learn more about how ready they feel to deliver inclusion and what's getting in the way.
Inclusive Mainstream Fund
A guide to the Inclusive Mainstream Fund, plus a handy checklist to share with your schools.