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Margaret Roberts At the time of writing children and young people are returning to schools and colleges and students are anticipating the start of the university year. It should be a time of hope and optimism and for many it is. They have the confidence to cope with whatever comes their way and their self […]

Jill Robson I read with interest last month’s web article by Jae Bray entitled “When good teaching and behaviour management strategies are not enough” which recorded a school’s attempts to deal with a minority of students who were badly behaved and disrupting the learning of others. It seemed particularly timely when the last month seems […]

Jae Bray We have all had years when, for whatever reason, a number of the new intake is unusually difficult, do not settle and will need more resources and support than other year groups. But what happens when good teaching, behaviour management and intervention support are just not enough? This is the challenge facing one […]

Imagine arriving in the UK having travelled two or three thousand miles without your family. Imagine arriving in Birmingham in the back of a lorry, the doors being flung open and told to run as fast as you could and ‘don’t dare say anything about how you got here’. Imagine being separated from your brother […]

Held on Saturday 26th March 2011 at the London Institute of Education 1&2. Attendance and apologies 3. Minutes of 2010 AGM were accepted as a true record. Proposed J Bray Seconded M Roberts 4. Matters arising Melissa and Ethel have been looking at the possibilities available to invest £30,000 into a Charity Bond savings Account. […]

Dr Mike Calvert, York St John University In a previous article, I referred to the complexity of describing pastoral care provision at this time. The range of needs, the sophisticated responses that are required and the limited resources (the main one being time) available mean that young people and their needs can be overlooked and […]