Head teachers are more concerned with pupils’ mental health than any other issue related to well-being, a survey of 1,180 school leaders suggests. Two-thirds of head teachers polled for management support service, The Key, named mental health as the top concern. Domestic violence and cyberbullying were the next biggest concerns, named by 58% and 55% […]
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THE Common Denominator
Our children and young people are faced with huge issues every day: abuse in many forms, managing pressures and mental health, issues around beliefs and faiths. The major common denominator of these challenges is little or no self-esteem. Our work over the past twelve years has been focused on the most vulnerable young people but […]
WOW what a week!!!
I’ve been keen to get our approach into education for a few years, three things happened this week. 1) A couple of enthusiastic collaborators for our transformative TEAL free school connected this week. 2) We entered the Teach First Innovation Award 2015 on Wednesday. 3) I met the Course Director of a teacher training organisation […]
We must better educate pupils about tolerance and different faiths
This new report urges policymakers to move beyond “multiculturalism” and towards Intercultural Education – saying the latter engages with differences between beliefs. This excerpt from the Foreword sets the scene. Our founding premise is that belief is something that is “lived”. In other words, how individuals express their personal belief. We therefore focus less on […]
Changing the fabric of society from the inside out
Our innovative evidence based personal development program – Parent Champion empowers parents to take responsibility to change their lives and relationships with their children and partners. It helps build stronger loving relationships and has the potential to transform whole families, communities and our society, from the inside out. Change our society-summary-10pp Social, emotional and educational outcomes […]
