Thriving Lives Toolkit Case Study Bank
Funding provided by the Naval Children’s Charity has been secured to help schools take a more rigorous approach to the Thriving Lives Toolkit self-assessment by creating a searchable bank of case studies and guidance where school staff can assess their progress by learning from others well-evidenced examples.
A case study template and guidance will be developed which will be used to collect case studies representing a range of schools at the different stages of the self-assessment process (emerging, developing and embedding).
50 case studies will be collected from schools across the UK, with low and high proportions of Service children, helping to greatly increase the number and diversity of case studies of effective practice aligned to the seven principles of effective support. The project will produce template which will provide a mechanism for the ongoing production of case studies as school practice develops (including as a result of using the Toolkit).
Aims:
- Improve the rigour of schools’ assessments of impact by enhancing the case study format and guidance
- Help schools develop stronger evidence-based support that is better tailored to their unique context by significantly increasing the scale and diversity of the case studies available
- Increase engagement with and the impact of the Toolkit suite by tailoring training and case study promotion to individual school self-assessments
Outcomes: The project will help schools take a more rigorous approach to the Thriving Lives Toolkit self-assessment by creating a searchable bank of case studies and guidance where school staff can assess their progress by learning from others well-evidenced examples.
Outputs: The team will develop guidance and a template for future use, exemplifying the elements of the Thriving Lives Toolkit. We are seeking to develop 50 case studies of good practice from schools across the UK, including from schools with low and high proportions of Service children.
SCiP Alliance Strategy:
- Impact 1: Embed the Thriving Lives Toolkit suite as the quality standard for evidence-based practice in schools.
- Impact 2: Enhance the suite of support for evidence-based practice.
Partners: The project is funded by the Naval Children’s Charity and the work will be delivered by a UK-wide team led by Oxfordshire County Council.
Call for case studies
We are keen to hear from schools who would be willing to share their approaches to supporting their Service children cohort, to become part of our bank of case studies.
The bank of case studies will highlight good practice and provide ideas of how to enhance support, enabling schools to have a positive impact on the wellbeing and achievement of Service children.
If you think that you have some good practice supporting your Service children, irrespective of whether you have engaged in the Alliance’s Thriving Lives Toolkit, we would love to hear from you.
For further details, please contact Victoria Fisher, SCiP Alliance Engagement Manager, Victoria.Fisher@winchester.ac.uk.
