A bright, mulit-coloured backdrop with the words, You Belong.

Inclusion – Deep, Wide and Welcoming

This is a post about inclusion in schools, not just the inclusion of policy documents but the inclusion of real-life school, the inclusion that states explicitly, “you belong here regardless of how hard you find this”.

Two feet wearing red sneakers standing on a compass drawn on a pavement. The feet point north.

Reading Anxiety

Some hide their anxiety and suffer quietly while others express it in disruptive or self-harming behaviour. There are young people who panic at the sight of text in every secondary school.