WillisPalmer’s Children’s Charter – One Term In
WillisPalmer launched our Children’s Charter back in August calling for a range of measures aimed at supporting vulnerable children as they returned to school following six months out of education.
Most children missed six months’ worth of education, but in addition to that, they spent half a year away from the watchful eye of teaching [...]
Fewer children in school due to COVID-19 related issues
Fewer children are attending school as attendance has fallen from 89 per cent to 86 per cent, according to Department for Education figures.
Approximately 86% of pupils on roll in state-funded schools, excluding schools on half term, attended school. While attendance in state-funded primary schools is 90%, attendance in state-funded secondary schools is 82%, excluding [...]
YoungMinds calls for funding to provide wellbeing and mental health support in schools
More than 60 per cent of young people with mental health have found their mental health worsening since they have returned to school, according to a survey by YoungMinds.
A survey of 2,011 11-18 year olds with a history of mental health needs for the children and young people’s mental health charity found that only [...]
Fewer than half of state funded schools have onsite mental health support
Less than half of state funded schools have on site counsellors, research by the IPPR thinktank has found.
A report which looks at the future of education after Covid-19, highlighted that The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that schools adopt a comprehensive ‘whole-school’ approach to promoting the physical, social and emotional [...]
WillisPalmer reiterates its calls in Children’s Charter as pupils return to school
By Mark Willis, Chief Executive, WillisPalmer
As children and teenagers returned to school last week or are heading back to the classroom this week, WillisPalmer is reiterating our calls made in our Children’s Charter to identify and support children who may have struggled during lockdown.
Many children will have been out of an [...]
Educational outcomes for looked after children in Scotland improves but gap between remains peers
The outcomes for looked after children in Scotland have improved over the last six years, although there are still huge gaps between looked-after children and their peers.
In 2012-13, 23 per cent of looked after school leavers had one or more qualification at The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework level 5, although this rose to [...]
