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School life and bullying

School life can be both enjoyable and difficult at times. Find helpful advice below on a range of topics around school, and dealing with bullying. 

School life and bullying

Parenting tips for school

Parenting Tips
Should I let my child walk to school?
A young boy taking a moment to sit down during his walk to school
Should I let my child walk to school?
Parenting Tips
What Can We Do to Support our Children’s Education
A young girl reading a Doctor Seuss book
What Can We Do to Support our Children’s Education
Parenting Tips
What can you do when your child is refusing to go to school?
What can you do when your child is refusing to go to school?
Parenting Tips
How to help a child with ADHD in school
School children in a classroom, putting their hands up
How to help a child with ADHD in school

Back to school

Parenting Tips
Back to School Nerves
An image showing a pot of pens and pencils, which is a familiar sight for children going back to school
Back to School Nerves
Parenting Tips
Back to school: The importance of routine
A young boy with his arms stretched out
Back to school: The importance of routine
Parenting Tips
Back to school anxiety tips for parents and carers
A mother walks her two children to school in the rain.
Back to school anxiety tips for parents and carers
Parenting Tips
Tips to help your child transition to secondary school
A teenager during a counselling session.
Tips to help your child transition to secondary school

Bullying at school

Parenting Tips
Bullying at school
School boy upset with his head on his desk and other boys in the background
Bullying at school
Blogs
Anti-Bullying Week: how to help a child being bullied
A boy sat alone reflecting after being bullied
Anti-Bullying Week: how to help a child being bullied
Blogs
Anti-Bullying Week 2022 - How can I tell if my child is being bullied?
Despondent child who is a victim of bullying
Anti-Bullying Week 2022 - How can I tell if my child is being bullied?
Parenting Tips
Anti-bullying Week 2024: What to do if your child is the bully
Bullied girl crying in playground
Anti-bullying Week 2024: What to do if your child is the bully

Exam stress: guidance and advice

Exam stress guidance and advice

Parenting Tips
Top Tips for Exam Results Day 2023
A parent and child receiving good news on exam results day.
Top Tips for Exam Results Day 2023
Parenting Tips
How to deal with exam stress: A Parent’s Guide
View from a teacher's desk during an exam
How to deal with exam stress: A Parent’s Guide

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