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What Nurture Groups Achieve

Nurture groups provide a powerful model of effective early intervention and this is increasingly demonstrated in evidence based research and evaluation studies. The experience of practitioners across the country is that nurture groups:    

  • improve attendance and attainments: build up confidence and self-esteem.
  • support parents who see their children valued and become real partners in education. 
  • empower staff as they see the progress the children are making.
  • promote inclusion, making mainstream school a place where all children can flourish.
  • break the link between a poor start in life and later youth offending.
  • teach children how to make good relationships with adults and with each other and so contribute to good mental health in the future.

Nurture groups are relevant to all the current major government agendas to do with the welfare and health of children and young people. The five outcomes targeted for all children in Every Child Matters are all consistent with the aims of nurture group provision, whilst the groups positively promote good mental health for children and address many of the underlying problems associated with the early on-set of anti-social behaviours, which is known to be a key factor for later behaviour problems and delinquency.

For further information please contact the office - info@nurturegroups.org

 

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Nurture Groups support children's mental health

NGN submission to NICE project 'Producing guidance on the promotion of good mental health in children in primary education'

Nurture Groups and Children's Emotional Well-being


 

What is a nurture group?

Characteristics, 6 Principles & The Boxall Profile
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The Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark Award

Further information
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The Nurture Group Network and the Executive Board

The role of the Nurture Group Network and Network Coordinators...
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What Nurture Groups Achieve

How nurture groups successfully address government priorities for children
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    More about The Nurture Group Network

    A short history and some key ideas
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