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It's better here, i think. my background was attendance. i always thought get a job, - get what you want and keep yourself to yourself and stay out of trouble. for some kids, it's a bit harder. they need more help. within the mainstream schools, the classes are too big, - so the teachers might not click on to kids' needs. _ there has already been huge success with this new way of learning. in the first year it ran, school attendance for those on the programme increased from 22% to 73%. and for the first time, the school saw every single one of its year 115 go on to college or apprenticeships. ...

Of the leading drivers of incarceration and school exclusions is optima both of which are racially disproportionate in their make—up. i think when we start to lean into this rhetoric which the government are doing whilst the rest of the world seems to be going in the other direction from in the united states, drug policy reform. canada, many of the states are going in and the other direction, the government at least in its rhetoric is leaning harder and harder on the side on drugs tough on drugs rhetoric and we know not only does that not work, but that impacts the poorest and most marginali...

A KINVER doctor who has played a central role in the NHS’ fight against Covid in the Black Country has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours. Dr Paul Harrison has been in charge of Covid testing of tens of thousands of patients in hospitals across Dudley, Sandwell, Wolverhampton and Walsall. He and his ‘swabbing hub’ team have been working flat out to ensure results of Covid tests were turned around quickly and accurately through two waves of the virus. He has also been responsible for one of the biggest antibody testing programmes of patients and staff in the UK.

A WOMAN whose Stourbridge school helps ‘disengaged’ youngsters get ‘back on track’ has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours. Janet Lear is the founder and head teacher of the Black Country Wheels School based on the Gainsborough Trading Estate in Stourbridge’s Rufford Road. The school evolved from “The Wheels Project”, which was instigated by Jan in 1999. She listened to the needs of the young people she worked with and presented them with a learning platform that they were interested in, engaging them in life skills and improving their chances of future empl...

COVID hero Louise Hadley has been awarded a BEM in the New Year’s Honours for the work she did to support customers and staff at her M&S store during the pandemic. The Wordsley mum has a ‘whatever it takes’ attitude to looking after her shoppers and colleagues and has gained her award for services to customers and the community. During lockdown Louise, a section manager at M&S Simply Food in Harborne, regularly went to work hours before her shift started to do shopping for customers who were unable to leave their homes due to Covid-19. She took calls from customers at home and t...