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Katherine McGreal explains how her school has put nurture first – and how it has impacted students

Before Covid-19, technology didn’t play a big role in the nurture provision at Katherine McGreal’s school. But lockdown forced it to invest in laptops – and giving vulnerable students access to a device has boosted their engagement and wellbeing

Nurture groups have been proven to help vulnerable pupils in primary, but could they work in secondary, too? Katherine McGreal’s school decided to put this to the test – and found that creating a safe, small group environment yielded surprising improvements