Intensive Online Year-Through Restorative Practice Training Programme for Primary Schools

Intensive Online Restorative Practice Training Programme for Primary Schools

8 Online Training Sessions, one per month from September 2026 to May 2027, 90 minutes per session, 3 staff members per school, max. 10 schools

This intensive Coaching Programme will suit all primary schools that have a basic knowledge of Restorative Practices and want to create momentum and cross-school community buy in. The programme will work with participants to create a Restorative Practice Team, create an overview of where the school sits on the Continuum of Restorative Practices and develop whole-school inductions models, including for parents, so that the foundations of the practice can be embedded from the outset. We will then work through how to build an Annual RP Programme which will sustain itself as the school moves from informal practices to circle work to eventually dealing with serious conflicts or bullying issues in a Restorative way.

We also create Restorative input for both your Code of Behaviour and Bí Cineálta policy that can be tweaked at each review as the school builds on its practice over time. The Programme offers your team opportunities for on-going, structured support as they go about the work of embedding Restorative Practice into your school’s codes of practice and Bí Cineálta policy, undertaking the gradual and joyful work of becoming a Restorative School Culture.

The Programme leans heavily into implementation science as the missing component to any Restorative Initiatives that your school may have visited already. It brings together all theoretical and practical elements into a sustainable yearly programme which will impact positively on relationships within the school environment and the parent community, reduce conflicts, transform challenging and unwanted behaviours with growing momentum.

On completion of the Programme, each participating school will have built their own RP Programme Document, which can be added to any Wellbeing Folder, as an addendum to your Code of Behaviour or Bí Cineálta Policy and can be reviewed on an annual basis.

Eight online training sessions,
one per month throughout the school year
from September 2026 – May 2027
for up to three members of staff
limited to 10 schools

Coaching Programme Content

Session 1, 23 September 2026: Becoming A Restorative Practice Team: What is entailed
Session 2, 21 October 2026: Implementation – Building a Yearly Induction Model for Staff, Students, Parents
Session 3, 18 November 2026: A Deep Dive into Restorative Informal Practices and the rationale for them to inform practice – Polyvagal Theory, Shame Theory, Affective Theory
Session 4, 20 January 2027: What are Restorative Circles? Where they fit in your programme – how and when to begin Circle Practice
Session 5, 10 February 2027: What is a Trauma Informed Polic? Informing Policy Restoratively – Code of Behaviour, Bí Cineálta
Session 6, 10 March 2027: Interim Review – Where are we now? What does our Programme Document look like and sharing ideas
Session 7, 14 April 2027: Let’s talk about Parents, Restoratively Speaking
Session 8, 05 May 2027: Building an Annual Review Process for your RP Programme

Follow the link on the right ("Book Your School's Place Now") to secure your place on the Programme as soon as possible in order to avoid disappointment as places are limited to 10 participating schools.

If your school cannot afford the full training fee, you can apply for a discount voucher which will reduce the fee to €650. Follow the link to send your application today: Application Form for Reduced Fee