I recently visited an alternative education provider working in east London with young people who have been excluded from school or are struggling with mainstream education. It was fascinating to hear about the challenges their students face and the progress they can make with additional support, attention and guidance.
The NCB has a long history of working with schools and pupil referral units to improve the way we work with vulnerable children. And we shouldn’t underestimate how vulnerable they are.
Over the last two years, NCB has been working with PRUs across England to help their staff build the capacity to meet students’ mental health needs. An audit of the needs of the 268 young people attending these PRUs makes for bleak reading (see link below), and echoes some of the stories I heard in east London.
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