Pastoral
The latest news, analysis and advice on pastoral support, including pupil mental health and wellbeing, attendance and non-academic development
Thursday
17th Nov 2022
How to make your school more 鈥榩rem aware鈥�
Children born prematurely may face difficulties in school that can go undetected, but a new charity award scheme hopes to raise awareness and improve provision
Why banning phones was the catalyst for stamping out bullying
As the education sector marks Anti-Bullying Week, a headteacher at a school that had struggled to tackle bad behaviour and bullying outlines six steps they took to turn it around 鈥� and why it all started with banning mobile phones
Friday
4th Nov 2022
10 questions with... Richard Gerver
We chat with the president of the School Library Association about his own school days and the teacher that inspired him, how he turned around a struggling school, and what it was like to be mentored by Sir Ken Robinson
Open schools at weekends to help vulnerable pupils, DfE urged
Former children鈥檚 commissioner Anne Longfield also calls for free school meals to be extended and for inclusion to be measured by Ofsted
Friday
28th Oct 2022
Is this the best extracurricular education?
In Denmark a seaport town has spent the past decade revolutionising extracurricular activity 鈥� and there are a lot of lessons that schools in the UK could learn, writes this teacher
New DfE call for school mental health lead trainers
Would-be providers have until 7 November to apply for the first stage of the application process