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Getting Off to a Flying Start

Michelle Doyle Wildman from Parentkind gives her take on achieving a successful transition by focusing on the parents, as well as the child.

4 Dec

families

How much tolerance is there in our system?

Georgina Newton calls for an ethos of inclusion and tolerance in our education system.

4 Dec

families

Challenging Parents!

The parents of disadvantaged children are the most difficult to engage but they must always be the priority! Caroline Kelly explains how the approach the issue in a large primary school in the Midlands.

2 Jul

families

Child File – The Graduated Response: making it effective in an early years setting – Part 2

Child File - The Graduated Response: making it effective in an early years setting - Part 2

17 Apr

families

The Blackpool Boys and Girls Club

Children in stressed environments need resilience and emotional intelligence to deal with issues luckier children don’t have. Jed Sullivan explains how the lauded BBGC uses film, paintings and stories to build their inner strength.

16 Oct

families

Better parent/child relationships can transform well-being at school

Dr Rebecca Johnson’s work as a child psychologist convinced her that if parents had space to step back and observe their children, and have some structured guidance to help with reflection, it would allow them to dramatically improve their relationships. She devised an online course to do just that, and its having a big impact.

16 Oct

families

No one ‘born to fail’ – changing trajectories

I have seen and been motivated by some great work on social mobility throughout my career and clearly, for some time, an improvement of social mobility has been lagging behind so much public policy.

16 Oct

families

The Government MUST rethink its early years strategy

The new early years system is lacking, regressive and unlikely to deliver. Natalie Perera, Head of Research at the Education Policy Institute, exposes the strategy’s major flaws.

20 Jun

families

Are we getting Education, Health and Care Plans right?

Are we getting Education, Health and Care Plans right? Agencies are still failing to act as integrated teams providing coherent plans. Penny Barratt suggests a way forward.

13 Mar