Irene Grant is Assistant Director of the Nurture Group Network.
One of her proudest achievements was establishing a nurture group pilot within the City in 2001 which rapidly expanded to 58 fully funded groups before she left, with further expansion to 69 in 2010. This was mainly due to the positive response from staff and parents who maintained that it was the best initiative ever to reach Glasgow’s schools. Knowing the importance of an evidential base, Irene was also involved in the largest evaluation study across the UK with evidence provided across the board of statistically significant improvements in nurture group children compared with 16 matched control groups. The improvements also included baseline literacy gains which were better that the children who remained full time within their own classes.
Irene has also had teaching experience in all sectors of education including pre-5, primary, secondary and FE including a number of years within an SEBD secondary setting. She has postgraduate certificates in SEN and Dyslexia, with vast experience at authority level of almost every form of additional support needs including LAC, accessibility issues and strategy development.
Irene is based in Scotland in an office in Paisley and is totally committed to nurture. Although her primary focus is Scotland, she is also involved in a number of policy and practice developments on a national level including the QMA.
One of her proudest achievements was establishing a nurture group pilot within the City in 2001 which rapidly expanded to 58 fully funded groups before she left, with further expansion to 69 in 2010. This was mainly due to the positive response from staff and parents who maintained that it was the best initiative ever to reach Glasgow’s schools. Knowing the importance of an evidential base, Irene was also involved in the largest evaluation study across the UK with evidence provided across the board of statistically significant improvements in nurture group children compared with 16 matched control groups. The improvements also included baseline literacy gains which were better that the children who remained full time within their own classes.
Irene has also had teaching experience in all sectors of education including pre-5, primary, secondary and FE including a number of years within an SEBD secondary setting. She has postgraduate certificates in SEN and Dyslexia, with vast experience at authority level of almost every form of additional support needs including LAC, accessibility issues and strategy development.
Irene is based in Scotland in an office in Paisley and is totally committed to nurture. Although her primary focus is Scotland, she is also involved in a number of policy and practice developments on a national level including the QMA.
Related events for each speaker
Books
There are no books.
Share