CONTENTS Dear Reader,


Welcome to the latest issue of Education Today, and welcome back to school! In the issue this month, we focus on mental health and wellbeing, a topic of vital importance these days more than ever. In our first feature we hear from Chris Wright, Head of Health & Wellbeing at the Youth Sport Trust, who explains why he believes health and wellbeing should be at the heart of the nation’s school system. In our second, John Wicks, CEO at drug and alcohol testing lab, Cansford Laboratories, looks at the challenges facing schools when it comes to preventing substance abuse and offers some pointers for tackling this increasingly common problem, while in our third and final feature on the topic we catch up with Julie Harmieson, Director of Education and National Strategy at Trauma Informed Schools UK (TISUK), who discusses a relational approach to behaviour to support children and young people’s mental health in school. To round out the features, we finish with an informative piece on innovative teaching practice from Phil Herd, Associate Headteacher and Digital Lead at Transform Trust, who explains how a focus on teaching and not just technology for technology’s sake has allowed excellence to flourish across the Trust. Elsewhere, as always, we have news, views and our line-up of regular contributors, and a lovely View from the classroom piece from Cradle Hill Primary School in Seaford. Remember, we love to hear from you, you can get in touch with us via Twitter @EdTodayMag, as well as by phone or email.


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In this issue... 04-10 NEWS


Selected stories from the UK education scene this month


06 Q&A


This month we hear from spend management platform Soldo


12 WELLBEING


With Mark Solomons, Founder of Welbee 13 VIEWS


With author Emma Turner; and Peter Doyle, Policy Analyst at BESA


14 BESA CORNER


With BESA members MEI and Zenergi 16-17 VIEW FROM THE CLASSROOM


We hear from Sarah Eddie, class year 5 teacher at Cradle Hill Primary School in Seaford 18 CONTRIBUTORS


With Early Years student Candice McGahan; and Kirsty Bertenshaw


19 SPOTLIGHT ON SEND


With Joanne Gladders and Hannah Rix 20-25 VIEWS & OPINION


Featuring comment and insight from the UK education sector


34-35 FEATURE: INNOVATIVE TEACHING PRACTICE


With Phil Herd, Associate Headteacher and Digital Lead at Transform Trust


36-38 BUILDINGS, MAINTENANCE & REFURBISHMENT


Including comment from Richard Aylen, Technical Manager, Junckers Ltd


39 STORAGE SOLUTIONS 40-43 COMPUTING & IT RESOURCES 45 IN OTHER NEWS 46-IBC RECRUITMENT


Selected job opportunities from talentedteacherjobs.co.uk


30-31 FEATURE FOCUS: MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING


Featuring John Wicks, CEO at Cansford Laboratories


32-33 FEATURE FOCUS: MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING


With Julie Harmieson, Director of Education and National Strategy at Trauma Informed Schools UK


26-28 FEATURE FOCUS: MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING


We speak to Chris Wright, Head of Health & Wellbeing, Youth Sport Trust


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