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THE DIFFERENCE CHARITY
September 3, 2019

It’s all very well that the education secretary has told head teachers that they will have the government’s full backing if they expel or suspend badly behaved pupils from their schools, but what are they putting in place to support […]

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DAVID GANDY & ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL
March 24, 2016

As you can imagine, I had to be dragged kicking and screaming half way across London to meet the supremely gorgeous top British model, David Gandy who is an ambassador for Achievement for All, an education charity that transforms the […]

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DYSLEXIA IN CHILDREN
May 6, 2014

I have been wondering for some time whether my youngest child has dyslexia and was planning on getting him tested. There has been much publicity given recently to Professor Julian Elliot’s claim that dyslexia as a label is meaningless. Dyslexia […]

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THE STRESS FREE GUIDE TO STUDYING IN THE STATES
August 3, 2013

AT LAST!!! A book that makes the very complicated process for International students to do their tertiary education in the USA, a relatively easy one to understand. A friend of mine has just been through the process and it was […]

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