Headteacher ‘Off-Rolled’ Autistic Child
A headteacher in a mainstream school in Devon has had to off-roll a student into home education as the child was struggling with noises in the lunch hall requiring sensory breaks outside the classroom, which in turn, the student’s anxiety rose. It is a clear message from Dawn Stabb, Head of Education and Learning in […]
Teachers Feel ‘Guilty’ About Caring for Themselves
Taking care of our children and students are paramount, however should we start caring for the people who are mentoring, developing and nurturing our next generation? Teachers should not be feeling guilty or any kind of shame for paying attention to their own well-being. This year alone, there has been a steep rise in educational […]
Two-in-Five Pupils Unsure on How to Get Mental Health Help
A new report has shown that almost 38 per cent of all aged pupils admitted that they wouldn’t know where to go to access mental health support within school and 52 per cent said that they would not feel comfortable or confident approaching any school staff for help. Statistics have shown that three-in-five young people […]
Permanent Damage Could be Done if Funding Crisis Continues
Over eighty cross-party MPs have written to Philip Hammond saying that he must increase school and special educational needs funding for prevent inequalities throughout the country in education; these MPs believe that if funding is not increased soon, permanent damage could be caused. The funding crisis has become so evident in some parts of the […]
School Funding Starts on ‘Day 1’ Under Johnson Leadership
The current frontrunner for the next prime minister, Boris Johnson, has stated that the education sector would receive funding ‘from day 1,’ in a major contract to rival Jeremy Hunt, saying that education would be a ‘social mission’ for him, focussing more on the NHS. In an interview, Mr Johnson says that education is the […]