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Adi Bloom
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Mental health: ‘Inadequate’ provision leaves teachers at wits’ end
Warning from headteachers and mental health experts follows legal struggle to find suitable bed for suicidal teenager
9 August 2017
Teachers outraged by Ofsted’s call to stop wrapping pupils in cotton wool
They say that inspectors would be the first to criticise imperfect safeguarding arrangements
8 August 2017
Ofsted to simplify information it provides to schools before inspections
A report, published today, also says that the inspectorate hopes to improve the consistency of its data analysis
4 August 2017
Child poverty ‘beginning to look like a state of emergency’
The charity Buttle UK warns that more children are living in poverty now than at any other time in the past 10 years. Many lack childhood essentials such as beds and friends visiting their homes to play.
4 August 2017
Local authorities are failing to monitor outcomes of pupils with SEND
And they attempt to relieve pressure on their budgets by compelling schools to justify continued allocations for pupils with SEND
3 August 2017
Fitness gadgets ‘discourage pupils from exercising’
Wearing a Fitbit makes teenagers less likely to leave the sofa...and more likely to feel guilty about it, research suggests
2 August 2017