Working with partners

Nurture groups are a multi-dimensional group intervention with a whole-school focus, and running them successfully depends on a wide array of different factors. In thisarticle exploring nurture groups, Batul Al-Khatib considers parental involvement in the groups and the ways that staff and parents can establish positive relationships and work well together.

Finding strategies to support your less-engaged parents means looking at how things seem from their perspective. Matthew Nuttall provides us with some examples of what has worked in his experience and how his schools have broken the cycle.