An urgent expansion of mental health support and digital counselling, help for children struggling with school attendance and anxiety after the pandemic, and stronger safeguarding to protect young...
There are four big questions that school leaders ask time and again when it comes to their school’s CPD provision. In this article, Maria Cunningham answers them with practical tips
A new academic year dawns and we continue to live with the uncertainty of the pandemic. Dr Pooky Knightsmith offers us some simple ideas for leading with certainty in uncertain times
A range of practical advice for supporting the wellbeing and good mental health of children and young people in schools is on offer at the Sixth National Pupil Mental Health Conference.
Schools are braced for an ‘exponential increase’ in Covid infections and yet the government contingency strategy remains thin. Geoff Barton offers three suggestions that could pull us back from the...
The pandemic has brought pastoral and social, emotional and mental health support to the fore. Sarah May discusses her role as an SEMH support worker across a primary and secondary setting
There is a sense of trepidation, inevitability, and anger about the “highly likely exponential increases” in Covid infection rates as schools return this week and next.
The end of schools having to manage huge test, track and trace operations has been welcomed, but there is anxiety and caution over the government’s dramatic relaxation of Covid safety measures.
What leadership lessons can headteachers, middle leaders and teachers learn from the world of football management? Co-author of a new book on this very theme, Phil Denton, discusses the three Ps...
An 18-month research project is seeking to identify what online learning innovations schools can and will be keeping post-pandemic. Dr Katharine Jewitt and Dr Jacqueline Baxter report on their...
