Secondary School

This category will feature articles useful to parents of secondary school-aged children. More coming soon…

Sixth form or college?

College building

When your child completes their GCSEs they will have several options open to them. The first is to move into the work place, but job prospects will be low as will pay rates. The second option is an apprenticeship. This option fell out of favour in the 1990s and early 2000s, but it’s now growing… Read more…

Dealing with cyber bullying

Teenage bullying/cyber bullies

Everyone knows or knows of a bully. Bullying at school is nothing new; you can probably remember at least one bully from your days at school, a boy or girl who would pick and prey on the weak and vulnerable. This ‘traditional’ form of bullying usually ended at the school gate. With cyber bullying, the… Read more…