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John O’Boyle Educating Yorkshire, September 2013, the episode featuring a young man struggling to cope in school after the unexpected death of his older brother. After days of escalating disruption, the charismatic Head Teacher calls the boy and his mother into his office, “Although he hasn’t done anything wrong, we are sending him home for […]

Yet again it appears that staff at the DfE are about to fail to take the essential step and include PSHE Education as a statutory part of the revised National curriculum due in 2014. Whilst there are continued calls for schools to address all the concerns of society – drugs/alcohol, smoking, teenage pregnancy, bullying, anti-social […]

Those engaged in one of the ‘caring’ professions cannot help but be feeling the pinch in terms of the cuts that have followed the credit crunch and the economic downturn. The Government’s ‘Plan A’ is for a rapid reduction in debt, front-loaded so that the effects are being felt acutely and very early in the […]

How do children experience living with a parent with mental illness? How do children manage this experience? What are the outcomes for children in the school environment? How can schools support children whose parents have mental health issues? As a school counsellor one of the areas of my work is supporting students whose parents have […]

Phil welcome to members to the meeting. Minutes of 2011 AGM.The minutes were accepted as a true record subject to one amendment. Matters arisingItem 9 – If the NEC wish to pursue a link with the Caspari Foundation, information can be found on www.caspari.org.uk Resolutions from the 2011 AGM Reports: Chair / Secretary Report Our […]

Phil Jones Chair of NAPCE This year it is 30 years since the National Association for Pastoral Care in Education was founded. It was founded to bring together people who shared similar values about the importance of education supporting the personal and social development of learners. In those early days of the Association, Educational professionals […]