An Introduction to Ty Seren (Brynteg’s Nurture Provision)

Ty Seren is Brynteg’s Nurture Provision designed to support children who need additional help with their emotional, social, or behavioural development. It provides a calm, structured environment with clear routines, allowing pupils to build confidence, strengthen relationships, and develop important social skills. Through targeted support, Ty Seren helps children feel safe, understood, and ready to engage more positively in their learning. Ty Seren is aimed at students who will benefit from a smaller, supportive environment that helps them develop the skills needed to succeed both in school and in wider life. 

Pupils are invited to attend Ty Seren at social times (breakfast club, breaktime and lunchtime). Some pupils are invited to attend either 1:1 intervention or weekly nurture group work, depending on their needs. 

What is nurture?

Nurture is for pupils who need extra support with their emotional, social, or behavioural development, regardless of academic ability. This may include young people who:

• Struggle with emotional regulation, anxiety, or low confidence
• Find relationships and social situations challenging
• Have experienced trauma, loss, or instability
• Show behaviours that communicate unmet needs
• Are at risk of disengagement from learning or poor attendance
• Need help with transitions, such as moving from primary to secondary or between classes
• Have underlying developmental delays that affect their social and emotional maturity

A nurture provision follows the ‘Six Principles of Nurture’:

1. Children’s learning is understood developmentally

Support is matched to each child’s stage of development, recognising that they may be younger emotionally than their chronological age.

2. The classroom offers a safe base

 A nurturing environment provides consistency, structure, and security, helping children feel safe and ready to learn.

3. The importance of nurture for the development of wellbeing

Warm, trusting relationships help children build confidence, resilience, and positive self-esteem.

4. Language is a vital means of communication

Children are encouraged to express their thoughts and feelings using language, with adults modelling positive communication.

5. All behaviour is communication

Behaviour is understood as an expression of a child’s emotions and experiences, guiding how adults respond supportively.

6. Transitions are significant in the lives of children

Changes, big or small, are carefully supported, helping children cope with shifts in routine or environment.

What is a nurture group?

A nurture group is a school-based intervention involving up to twelve pupils. 

Nurture groups are designed to address the social and emotional needs that can hamper pupils’ learning. The group is designed to help children develop vital social skills, to develop confidence and self-esteem.

Nurture groups are also designed to give pupils vital opportunities for social learning, by encouraging them to listen, ask questions, share and to help other pupils in the group. The friendly, supportive relationship between staff is also itself an important source of a learning model for the pupils to observe and copy.