Helen Barnes shares her experiences of being a Learning Mentor with Sophie. She discusses the role, explores it's challenges and shares the things she loved about the job.

They also have a good chat about childcare, secondary education, children with additional needs, wellbeing in education, handwriting and the increase in childhood poverty.

Relevant Links:

Guardian article: Child poverty now costs Britain £38bn a year, says new independent report

Suicide prevention charities

https://www.papyrus-uk.org/

https://www.youngminds.org.uk/

Flexible working

Ofsted report referred to in the episode - Research and analysis. Supporting SEND

Sir Ken Robinson

RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms:

Book mentioned in episode: The Caring Teacher by Rob Potts. 

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