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Supporting Staff Wellbeing: Addressing the Impact of Rising Challenges in Education

Discover how Creative Arts Therapy can support staff wellbeing in school, reducing the risk of workplace stress and absenteeism.

A Guide to the Assessment of Writing 

How can you ensure your school’s assessment of writing is clear, meaningful and effective? Read our guide to find out.

The Wonders of Art Therapy in Schools 

Find out how Art Therapy can help individuals gain valuable insights into their emotions, promoting healing, resilience and wellbeing.

The Importance of Building a Reading Rich School Environment

Reading is all around us. We encounter print in a huge variety of forms day to day, both at school, at home, and everywhere in-between. What does a reading rich environment look like? In order to really interrogate our reading environments, we need to consider three areas of school: classrooms, the library and the wider shared school environment.

Teaching Reading Skills and Strategies: Inference

Reading is complex. As adults, we often forget what it means to read as it has become automatic to many of us. However, for children, who are not yet automatic readers, we must consider how best to teach them the skills and strategies of being a fluent reader. Our previous blog in this series focused on the teaching of retrieval, but the reading skill that children often find most challenging after this is inference.

Early Help and Early Intervention

This helpful guide answers all your questions about Early Help and how to ensure families receive the support they need to prevent problems from escalating.

Celebrating Neurodiversity

As we mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, we reflect on how we can support neurodivergent individuals in education, the workplace, and everyday life.

Spring Recommended Reads 

As the dark nights fade and the days become brighter, it’s time for a spring clean! Get started with refreshing your book shelves as we share our favourite latest page-turners.

The ‘State of Play’ Report: Why Play Matters and What Needs to Change

This blog reflects on findings from the ‘State of Play’ report, sharing key recommendations that we hope will reshape the landscape of play in England.

Sexual Harassment – What Schools Need to Know 

Explore the preventative measures schools can take to comply with their legal duty to prevent the sexual harassment of employees in the workplace.