Intent

Thrive is part of our universal offer, providing our pupils with a trauma informed environment that is nurturing and encourages pupils to develop their confidence, curiosity, creativity so they become well equipped to deal with life’s ups and downs.  

Thrive also ensures that those who working with our pupils are well equipped with the knowledge and skills to support pupils’ social and emotional development.  

Thrive focusses on building positive relationships with key adults so they can have positive experiences of the world around them.  These experiences will support pupils to; 

  • Feel good about themselves and know that they matter  
  • Increase their sense of security, trust and belonging 
  • Increase their emotional wellbeing  
  • Improve their capacity to be creative and curious  
  • Increase their self-esteem and confidence to learn  
  • Learn to recognise and regulate their feelings  
  • Learn to think before behaving in a certain way 
  • Thrive and flourish!  

Implementation 

Appropriate for all children from birth to adulthood, the Thrive Approach draws on the latest research in brain science, child development theory and attachment theory. It helps us to understand how the brain develops, and how parent, teachers and other professionals can best support this development by providing the best experiences for children at each stage.  

We use a screening and monitoring tool called Thrive-Online® which identifies the developmental needs of individuals or groups and suggests actions plans to meet these needs so that children and young people can move forward and fulfil their potential.  

Thrive-Online will be led by your school practitioners who will:  

At targeted level, pupils will be assessed as a cohort, with appropriate action planned activities to be linked into the curriculum to support social and emotional development in the most age-appropriate way, by teachers and support staff.  

At specialist level, pupils may be assessed individually and may be identified for 1:1 intervention with the school practitioner.   

Impact  

Whilst launching our Thrive approach,  we will continue to work in partnerships, as colleagues and with parents/ carers to ensure; 

  • We understand barriers to attendance for individuals  
  • Support pupil progress in their ability to regulate  
  • Reduce disruption and dysregulation; enhancing engagement and progress in learning 
  • Helps pupils to develop confidence and curiosity in a variety of situations  
  • To help develop resilience to overcome challenges and meet their full potential  
  • Knowledge and strategies are shared to that adults can confidently and consistently meet the needs of the pupils.