Teachers play a key part in a child’s life, laying the foundations of the adults they will become. This can be a privileged position with joyous moments as teachers steer pupils through life milestones. But the boundaries between teacher, family and state are often blurred, with schools increasingly burdened with welfare responsibilities for the pupils they teach.
At the same time as deputy prime minister Nick Clegg and education secretary Nicky Morgan launched a survey of teachers’ workload last month, schools were among those given new legal powers to protect girls at risk of female genital mutilation, and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence advised teachers – not parents – to help children brush their teeth at the end of the school day.
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