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Sinéad Mc Brearty
All articles by Sinéad Mc Brearty
Why we’ve made the difficult decision to end teacher grants
The CEO of charity Education Support says a drop in donations has forced it to focus its efforts on mental health and wellbeing support for the sector
General
11 February 2026
Hand on shoulder
‘More school staff than ever need financial support’
The Education Support charity has had to pause financial grants due to huge demand from teachers, writes CEO Sinéad Mc Brearty
General
17 July 2023
Counting pennies
8 issues facing teachers and support staff today
The coronavirus crisis has left those that normally work in schools in a uniquely stressful situation, writes one welfare charity boss
30 April 2020
Coronavirus: ‘Lower expectations on distance learning’
Teachers everywhere are busy trying to get to grips with distance learning – let’s take a breath, says Sinéad McBrearty
27 March 2020