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Tara Porter
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What if schools valued wellbeing more than results?
The New Zealand government puts mental health above economic stability. Our schools should do the same, says Tara Porter
16 July 2019
How to handle a pupil panic attack
For a child with anxiety, a blank expression in class may be hiding spiralling anxious thoughts. How can teachers help?
27 June 2019
The key to good mental health? Physical activity
Finding a physical activity that pupils love – and will take part in for life – could be the most important thing schools do for mental health
6 June 2019
Ofsted’s framework: what it means for pupil mental health
The inspectorate’s move away from data and new ‘personal development’ category are both steps in the right direction for children’s mental wellbeing, writes Dr Tara Porter
23 May 2019
The flaws in how schools talk about food
Clinical psychologist Tara Porter highlights dangerous omissions in the initiative aimed at helping pupils to make informed choices about food
17 February 2017