Alan Steer: Access to Camhs vital in tackling pupil misbehaviour
Improved access to mental health services is a vital component in tackling pupil misbehaviour in schools, Alan Steer said today in the final report of his government-commissioned review on the issue.
15 April 2009
Keith Morrison at Medway Council is one of the UK's first virtual headteachers
Medway Council has gone solo with a virtual headteacher scheme to boost looked-after children's education. Anabel Unity Sale talks to Keith Morrison
10 September 2008
Refugee Council: Asylum children need better educational support
The Refugee Council has urged children's services to provide better advice and guidance for asylum-seeking children on accessing education, when they first arrive.
12 May 2008
Children benefit from social workers in extended schools
Integrating social care professionals into extended schools produces significant benefits but requires a big shift in working practices, a new study concludes.
10 March 2008
Sure Start missing too many vulnerable children
Extended schools and children’s centres are failing to attract vulnerable families, inspectors said today.
23 January 2008
NSPCC says poverty can damage children even in affluent areas
A new report published today reveals the damage poverty can have on children living in both deprived and more affluent areas.
14 November 2007
Beverley Hughes pledges over £3bn for Sure Start
Children’s minister Beverley Hughes today announced over £3bn of funding from 2008-11 for councils to set up Sure Start children’s centres in every community.
02 August 2007
Beverley Hughes: Youth strategy must engage excluded
Beverley Hughes has said engaging society's most excluded young people will be the "critical test" of a ten-year youth strategy published yesterday.
27 July 2007
Using your head
A scheme to raise the aspirations of looked-after young people aims to improve their educational prospects, with the help of students acting as mentors. Graham Hopkins reports.
25 September 2003
Reversing the spiral
Letter from Belgium.
05 June 2003
Social impact of extended schools unclear as initial study reports academic benefits
The first two years of extended schools reveal tensions between the needs of communities and the perennial focus on school standards, reports Simeon Brody
28 September 2006
Full steam ahead for extended schools programme
There is “every reason” to plough ahead with the extended schools agenda, schools up and down the country were told this week.
19 September 2006
Planned investment critical to long term success of extended services
On-going funding is essential to the success of extended services in schools and children’s centres, inspectors and campaigners warned this week.
28 July 2006
Charities issue stark warning on education bill clauses
National charities Parentline Plus and the Advisory Centre for Education have demanded changes to the education and inspections bill.
15 June 2006
Partners in excellence awards launched
The Partners in Excellence Awards, designed to recognise and celebrate excellence and innovation in the delivery of children’s and families’ services across England, were launched this week.
14 June 2006
Only rural extended schools expected to provide core offer
The Department for Education and Skills has confirmed that not all schools will be obliged to provide the “core offer” of extended services – providing they help pupils and their families access the services nearby instead.
06 June 2006
Extended schools can cut staff workloads
I write in response to Mick Brookes’ assertion at the National Association of Head Teachers annual conference that the government plans for all schools to provide extended 8-6 provision will damage the capacity of schools to fulfil their core purpose.
03 May 2006
Head teachers threaten to disrupt extended schools agenda
The government’s extended schools programme has been called into question by the National Association of Head Teachers.
02 May 2006
Avoiding risk is a risky business
Children could be at risk because professionals working with them are immersed in a culture of “playing it safe” a new report has claimed.
07 December 2005
Evaluation of the Full Service Extended Schools Project: End of First Year Report
By Colleen Cummings et al
DfES, 2005
01 December 2005
