being present and being well


attending & engaging

A holistic intervention to allow boys to reach their full potential:

  • measuring success through increased engagement, attendance and PASS data
  • utilising community resources and engaging parents off site.
  • Phase: post-primary

    Benefits for Our Boys
    Hazelwood Integrated College

    being healthy

    Example Content

    Example Title
    building self-regulation techniques

    attending & engaging

    Using data on student suspensions to:

  • identify trends in student behaviour and
  • ensure the preventative curriculum is reflective of the challenges that our young people face.
  • Phase: post-primary

    Reducing Suspensions
    HIC

    investing in relationships

    A brief synopsis of why this school began its restorative approach to inclusion and the difference it makes to pupils and staff.

    Phase: post-primary

    Resolve, Repair, Restore: Becoming a Restorative S...
    St Mary's CBGS, Belfast

    being healthy

    This school made happiness an explicit part of school improvement. In doing so, the pupils explored what happiness is & how important it is, and they each created their own resource to develop their capacity to self-regulate.

    Phase: primary

    Unboxing Happiness: Developing Positive Approaches...
    Mount St Michael's Primary School


    attending & engaging

    This school prioritised raising attendance. Through collective, structured commitment and focus, they exceeded their own target in raising attendance across the school.

    Phase: post-primary

    Whole School Improvement: Attendance
    The High School, Ballynahinch


    feeling safe

    A whole-school approach to nurture focuses on the emotional development and academic learning of all pupils, as well as embedding the Six Principles of Nurture throughout the policies and practices of a school. By adopting a whole-school approach, schools can not only understand and respond to th...

    Phase: primary

    Whole-school Nurturing Approaches
    Scoil an Droichid