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03/09/2017

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/28/wellbeing-in-schools-is-being-tossed-aside-in-favour-of-exam-elitism

Letter: I failed to persuade my sick daughter that getting the top marks didn’t really matter. Perhaps I failed because it was clear to her that this wasn’t true

10/07/2017

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/02/schools-mental-health-services-funding-gaps-mps-report

Services to support children’s wellbeing are ‘first thing to go’ when budgets are under pressure, parliamentary inquiry hears

10/07/2017

http://theconversation.com/five-things-schools-can-do-to-help-pupils-mental-health-79376

What schools should be doing to deal with the crisis in children’s mental health.

10/07/2017

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/schools-need-be-brave-enough-ask-risk-pupils-are-you-thinking-about

"Schools need to learn from mental health charities and ask pupils directly, 'Are you thinking about su***de?'"

10/07/2017

https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2017/jul/01/secret-teacher-succeed-without-gcse-maths-english

An encounter with a former student showed me that academia can be a trap, rather than a path to success. Let’s make learning relevant to real life

19/02/2017

Sometimes it is a mad, sad world andI feel bad for all the pre-schoolers who just need a hug to feel better. Although I do get exactly why teachers are terrified of touch, the sad reality is this makes no difference to young people being abused by peers, 'friends' and even family.

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/exclusive-refusing-touch-pupils-a-form-child-abuse-psychologists-say

Teachers who avoid physical contact with pupils could be causing them harm, according to members of the British Psychological Society

05/12/2016

Well done teachers!

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/teachers-among-most-trusted-professionals-poll-finds

Only nurses and doctors are more trusted than teachers...and politicians fall a long way behind

30/11/2016

Why do we allow behaviour in our schools that would never be allowed in the workplace?
https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/action-needed-worrying-sexual-harassment-schools-government-admits

But teacher unions and MPs say the response from the government will not do enough to tackle sexual harassment in schools

14/11/2016

Untrained Teachers Better than Liberals?
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/toughest-head-untrained-teachers-better-than-liberals-0tmj0jncs

The headmistress of Britain’s strictest school has defended her decision to employ more unqualified teachers than any other state school. A third of the staff at Michaela Community School in Brent...

28/10/2016

Freelancers and entrepreneurs could hold the solution to this.
http://schoolsimprovement.net/high-youth-unemployment-leaves-45bn-hole-uk-economy/

The Telegraph is reporting that the high level of youth unemployment is leaving a large hole in the UK economy. High youth unemployment is costing the British economy £45bn per year, according to research from PwC, as well as blighting the careers of workers who miss out on a job in their teens and…