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Sarah Hannafin
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Schools alone can’t support children’s mental health
As Children’s Mental Health Week gets underway, it is clear that the government needs to invest in specialist provision to back up the good work that schools are doing, says these policy experts
General
5 February 2024
Mental health week
Schools can’t be left to support children’s mental health alone
Schools have a vital role to play in helping children’s mental health – but they need a properly funded network of support services, write these experts at the start of Children’s Mental Health Week

General
6 February 2023
Schools cannot be left to support children’s mental health alone
Why times-tables check does not reflect pupils’ ability
The new times-tables check is a better measure of IT proficiency than mathematical knowledge, says Sarah Hannafin
9 September 2019
DfE’s new multiplication check a ‘huge waste of money’...
...and it won’t tell primary teachers anything they don’t already know, writes Sarah Hannafin
14 November 2018
Day in the life
28 November 2008
Trials and tribulations
15 February 2008