Pastoral
The latest news, analysis and advice on pastoral support, including pupil mental health and wellbeing, attendance and non-academic development
Thursday
25th Apr 2024
Weekly round-up: Ofsted grades and teacher pay fears
This week’s essential education news includes the DfE under fire for not scrapping single-word Ofsted judgements and warnings about funding for a teacher pay rise
3 steps to make sure your behaviour curriculum works
A behaviour curriculum can be effective – but only if those who create and implement it are honest about what needs fixing and clear about what’s expected
Wednesday
24th Apr 2024
5 ways to use your alumni to engage current pupils
From famous faces to local success stories, past pupils can be a source of huge inspiration – so here’s how to make the most of them
Poor mental health ‘fuelling’ absence crisis, DfE told
Report warns against ‘punitive approaches’ like parent fines to tackle the problem of low school attendance
Wednesday
17th Apr 2024
NI ‘early years communication crisis’ highlighted
More children in Northern Ireland waiting for speech and language therapy per head of the population than anywhere else in the UK, ministers told
How we’ve created a holistic assessment system
Academic results don’t tell the full story – so this international school has created a holistic assessment method to measure students’ development in mind, body and spirit
Schools now ‘biggest source of food aid’ for families
One in five schools is now running a food bank, says report warning that policymakers are unaware of the scale of child hunger