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Illiteracy linked to poor mental health

Posted on 7th February 20236th June 2024 in Language and Communication Difficulties, Learning to Read, Reading Difficulties, structured literacy and tagged #learning to read, article, illiteracy, literacy failure in schools, mental health, research, science of reading, structured literacyLeave a Comment

Kids hands on books

During mental health week, we think it is important to highlight the link between mental health and illiteracy. Illiteracy causes poor life outcomes, poor health, depression and poverty leading to crime. The Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Therapies at the University of East Anglia (UEA) has just reported on the global problem of poor […]

Pupil Premium – FAQ’s

Posted on 16th April 201216th September 2016 in Disadvantaged Pupils and tagged disadvantaged pupils, fsm, fsm funding pupil premium, funding for disadvantaged pupils, funding for looked after kids, funding pupil premium, literacy failure in schools, pupil premium, pupil premium for fsm pupils, pupil premium funding FAQ's, social mobility, What is the pupil premium?, who is the pupil premium for?Leave a Comment

“Britain has one of the widest and most entrenched education attainment gaps between poor and wealthier children in Europe…. Children from low income backgrounds are half as likely to get five good grades at GCSE as their classmates. … They are more likely to leave school at 16, more likely to become Neets (not in […]