How to Spot Signs of Self-Harm in Students

According to the Mental Health Foundation, 10% of young people self-harm. That’s two or three in every classroom, and the figures may be...

By Heather Ellender

Education Today columnist Dr Asha Patel shortlisted for prestigious award

Birmingham-based Innovating Minds CIC has been shortlisted for the 2018 NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards in the Entrepreneur for...

By Heather Ellender

Transition: Making new friends at a new school

When the Children’s Society asked children what made their childhood happy, friendship was the factor they mentioned most often so it is...

By Aimee Smith

GCSE Exam Results Day – Spare A Thought For The Teachers

It’s not just students who are judged by exam results, and many teachers feel the strain of comparing theirs to colleagues’ and other...

By Heather Ellender

The Psychology of Seating Plans

There’s no magic bullet in a seating plan and no such thing as a perfect arrangement – but it is all too easy to get it wrong. Clinical...

By Aimee Smith

Relieving stress in the over-burdened nursery sector

Nurseries are having a hard time. With a government drive to increase the number of child places, staff shortages and changes in policy,...

By Heather Ellender