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Executive Function Support for Schools

Many children and adolescents struggle with executive function skills such as focus, organisation, emotional regulation, and task initiation, which affect their learning, behaviour, and overall well-being. These difficulties often go unnoticed or are misinterpreted as a lack of effort or motivation.

MindSpark supports primary and secondary schools, colleges, PRU’s and other educational organisations with consultation, training and implementation workshops to help children and adolescents strengthen their executive function skills, improve self-regulation, and build the foundations for academic success and personal growth. The support services we offer address these challenges through inclusive, neuroscience-informed strategies that strengthen executive function and metacognition across the whole school community.

Positive outcomes include:

  • Enhanced social connections
  • Improved academic outcomes
  • Increased self-awareness
  • Greater ownership of learning
  • Increased well-being
  • Skills for life

children and young people supported

We can support your school with:

  • Whole-school consultancy
  • EF coach training
  • CPD-accredited staff training
  • 1:1, small-group, or classroom interventions
  • Parent workshops
  • Bespoke implementation
  • Resources & support
  • Research & evaluation
  • Ongoing partnership to embed support 

Secondary School Case Study: Kingsford Community School

Joan Deslandes OBE, Head Teacher  Kingsford Community School, Newham When I first heard the term executive functions, it had something to do with corporate boardrooms. But as I listened to discussions about how these cognitive processes shape young people’s ability to...

Primary School Case Study: Two Years into our Executive Function Journey

Olivia Ridout-Doyle, Deputy Head Teacher & Rebecca Oddy, Assistant Head Teacher Hotham Primary School, Wandsworth  Our executive function journey began in 2023 with MindSpark Maths, an Education Endowment Foundation Project, which introduced the executive function...

Primary School Case Study: A Whole School Approach to Executive Functions

Having collaborated closely with MindSpark over the past two years, Rathfern Primary School has embraced a whole-school approach to developing children's executive function skills. Nursery and reception currently incorporate daily references to the executive function...