The BBC have produced a short video documenting their interviews with three primary school head teachers who say they feel completely unsupported by the government when it comes to offering mental health support to their pupils. The BBC say there has been a 50% increase in referrals to mental health services for pupils aged 11 […]
The Department of Education has launched a competition to develop early years “edtech” apps which will be designed to develop literacy, language and communication skills to kids. The winning apps will be offered to families for free in 12 underprivileged areas of the UK as part of a DfE pilot scheme. “We want to help […]
63 year old Timothy Moore a humanities teacher from Clacton Coastal Academy, in Essex has been dismissed for making inappropriate remarks to several female students including describing how he would “love to be in detention alone” with the three of them. The teaching Regulation Agency heard that Moore also engaged in unwelcome physical contact when […]
5 hours ago TES reported that Number 10 has lined up boxer and team England squad member Elena Narozanski as Head of Education at the Downing Street policy unit. Narozanski is a former adviser to Michael Gove. She was a Children and Schools adviser whilst the conservatives were in opposition. Following the 2010 election she […]
The Telegraph have released an article this week showing 25 ways parents can get kids more active to stave off the summer holiday slum. That dreadful reduction in mobility that has been recently reported on by UKActive and Sport England. Just surf through our previous blogs this month to see the stats on how little […]
Healthy Schools News Roundup Poorest children three times more likely to miss out on extra-curricular activities. Eleanor Busby from the independent has written about a new study this week which indicates children are three times less likely to do extra-curricular activity if they are from an impoverished family. This includes out of school sport amongst other activities […]
This week UK media have been reporting on the increasingly visible issue of childhood obesity. Leading figures in sport state “Today’s children are the least active generation ever,” and say that school sport facilities should be kept open all summer, to allow people to access them for sports clubs and activities so they stay active […]
Boris Johnson has stated in a sky news interview that he plans to reverse education spending cuts and he believes that providing a great education is the job of the state. He talks about readdressing the balance across the country and giving more rural communities with less funding the same opportunities and resources as more well funded communities. He […]
A Cambridge University Study of 15,000 40 to 79 years olds found that people who increase their activity levels later in life half the risk of an early death. The government recommended activity levels are to carry out 30 minutes of exercise for 5 days a week (or twenty mins each day) and following this […]
Today’s child is scarily inactive. They have increased cases of depression, obesity and diabetes. They over indulge on screen time due to the widespread availability of tablets, televisions and iPhones and they are likely to live 5 years less than we are. Children don’t go out to play as much as previous generations. They have […]
