Home ‘Why is it that we make our most vulnerable students travel the farthest?’ ‘Why is it that we make our most vulnerable students travel the farthest?’ 14th December 2015, 11:49am TES Professional Share ‘Why is it that we make our most vulnerable students travel the farthest?’ https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/why-it-we-make-our-most-vulnerable-students-travel-farthest Copy Link In the 4 December issue of TES, Jarlath O’Brien, headteacher at Carwarden House Community School in Surrey, wrote about the vast distances some of his students were forced to travel to get to and from school. In the exclusive TES video below, Mr O’Brien is joined by one of his students, Sharlie, to explain what impact these journeys can have both academically and personally. Want to keep up with the latest education news and opinion? Follow TES on Twitter and like TES on Facebook Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Keep reading for just £1 per month You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more Seven games for teachers this New Year’s Eve TES Professional • 30th December 2017 How to tell your headteacher they are wrong TES Professional • 21st January 2017 Behaviour management: how to reclaim your classroom in the new term TES Professional • 9th January 2017 Four-year-olds need their own model of behaviour management, says child psychology expert TES Professional • 30th October 2016 Recent Most read Most shared Why every school should (not) use setting Teaching & Learning 24 April 2024 5 ways to use your alumni to engage current pupils Leadership 24 April 2024 Poor mental health ‘fuelling’ absence crisis, DfE told News 24 April 2024 A simple but radical new way to assess writing Teaching & Learning 22 April 2024 Fitness to teach cases in Scotland hit 10-year high News 23 April 2024 5 basic errors that ruin teacher job applications Analysis 23 April 2024 5 basic errors that ruin teacher job applications Analysis 23 April 2024 Starmer: Halt ‘damaging decline’ of PE News 22 April 2024 A 4-point plan for transparent AI use in schools Analysis 22 April 2024
