The London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has committed to providing 2 million pounds towards significantly reducing exclusion rates in London schools. Why are exclusions becoming a ‘habit’ in schools? In an article published on the 6th of September 2022 on BBC News [1], the director of the Mayor’s Violence Reduction Unit Read more…
The South London borough, Southwark, is the first to pledge to follow a no-exclusion policy in the UK [1]. Schools signing up for an inclusion charter pledge aim not to exclude other than in cases where other pupils are at risk of harm. A trauma-informed approach Southwark council are supporting Read more…
The UK government’s educator regulator, Ofsted, has released a catch-up report [1] following up on the decline in young people’s development. This report looked at the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Ofsted’s leading cause of concern is pupils’ mental health problems, stress among teachers, and ongoing school absences due Read more…
Success for individuals is primarily thought to be down to one’s motivation. Modern-day society has shaped us to believe that no matter our personal situation, our own self-drive and motivation will help us to overcome any obstacle we face. Although many successful people come from working-class backgrounds, their journeys were Read more…
On a day to day basis you probably come across and meet a wide range of people who come from all corners of the world. Being able to connect and communicate with people from all backgrounds is now shifting from a soft skill to a necessary skill in the workplace. Read more…
Photo by Yan Krukov When working with young people, it is essential to build trust and rapport. Developing a successful rapport means that you and the young people have mutual respect for each other. This allows working towards a common goal with both sides committed and open to communication. Developmental Read more…
True ‘intelligence’, covers many, many different qualities. As Einstein once said, ‘If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it’ll live its whole life believing that it’s stupid’. The truth is, we’re all ‘intelligent’; just in different ways, at different things. Why is this important to know? Because our education system does not always recognise this. There’s a whole list Read more…
At one end of the school to prison pipeline is the student. A young person whose life has been turned upside down. At the other are the people making the laws for our education system: the elected government and its civil servants. So, in the latest in the school to prison pipeline series, Read more…
We’ve had a rough couple of years, haven’t we? We don’t think anyone will look back on 2020/2021 and say ‘oh yeah, had such a great time that year’. It’s been pretty difficult, and it’s been even more difficult for young people. Being young can be challenging at the best of times, throw in a pandemic and it’s just… well, Read more…