Advocacy & Policy in Education

 What is Advocacy in Education?

It allows us to help the Community to:
  • Express our views, thoughts and concerns
  • Access information and advice regarding an issue/challenges faced by a student
  • Explore choices and options within education

School Policy

The policies that formally determine how a school should operate to serve the staff and students are broadly governed by the following:

Statutory policies: Schools and academies are required by law to have these policies and documents in place.

Discretionary policies: These are additional policies a school or setting might wish to have in place, but are not required by law.

Curriculum policies: These relate to specific areas of the curriculum. Most of these will be discretionary, but some are statutory, such as a "Relationships and Sex Education Policy".

Some of the school policies that we can expect to be in place include:

Safeguarding and Welfare of Children Policies

School Health and Safety Policies

School Improvement Policies

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities School Policies

School Community Policies

General Curriculum School Policies

Early Years School Policies

Environmental School Policies

School Finance Policies

School Governors Policies

Parents School Policies

School Premises Policies

School Pupils Policies

Health and Wellbeing School Policies

School Staff Policies

Getting the most out of parents’ evenings

A great way to engage with the school and to know how our child/children are progressing outside of general homework feedback, is to ensure that we attend and meet with teachers during parents' evening. 

Access the article by The Good School's Guide to learn more about why parents’ evenings matter, who can attend, the structure of the evening, and tips regarding useful questions to ask the teachers.

Factors That Affect 
Our Mental Health

Blatant Racism & Microaggressions

Sleep & Relaxation

Diet/Nutrition

Physical Activity

Financial Matters & Employment Opportunities

Loneliness & Isolation

Stress & Bereavement

Student Life

Peer Pressure & Societal/Cultural Influences

Rejection & Loss of Employment/Business

New Environments & Change in Situation

PTSD - Traumatic Experiences

Pregnancy/Childbirth/Parenting

Discrimination - Disability, Sexual Orientation, Faith/Religion, Age, Class & Gender

Mental Health &

The Education System

Many children experience mental health challenges, such as anxiety and depression, and these can be barriers preventing them from attending school, but their absences are marked as unauthorised, because some schools only recognise physical illnesses as reason for absence. This can leave some children unsupported by their schools, and leaving their parents at risk of fines and prosecution for non-attendance.

'Not Fine in School' (NFIS) and 'IPSEA' have a great guide with the steps for parents to consider to support their child/children through this process.

Please access their articles here, to be better placed to know our rights and how to to work with the school and Local Authority for the support required.

Use Your Voice!

It is imperative that as parents, we know our rights and that of our children, particularly, if our child/children have been permanently excluded.

SENDIASS Oxfordshire has put together a pack for parents based in England, that has a great step-by-step guide of how to prepare for the governing body meeting as the parent.

Download the PDF Guide to support you.

Knowing Your Rights!

Learn how best to educate ourselves as "parents", so we know our rights and that of our young people, as well as the discussions to be had to set expectations of those who teach our children. Thereby, empowering and equipping our children to navigate the UK education/schooling system.

Practical tips and resources are shared, so positive outcomes are achievable and championed for all by all in our Community.

Watch and share the videos below!

Subject Matters

  • Prof. Gus John & Lady "Ma'at" Adele - Education & The Black Community 
  • Lady "Ma'at" Adele: 2-part series of Dumbing Us Down
  • Dr Dame Claudine Duberry - The Fractured Society & The Duberry Report
  • Prof. Kaba - African Education v Western Schooling
  • Prof. Kaba - Pan Afrikan Education

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Join us at our events, online and in-person, throughout the year where we hold seminars, workshops, and conferences covering a range of subjects specific to our four key service areas for the Community to access across the UK.


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Disclaimer

Please note that this is an online signposting platform. Whilst we have been led to believe that those who provide any service listed on the platform are well-intentioned, qualified and positioned to help our community, please note that the National Black Parents Association UK C.I.C ("NBPAUK") cannot and will not accept any responsibility or liability for any advice, diagnosis or intervention given by that individual and/or organisation cited as a "Service Provider" on this Platform. The person who makes contact with a Service Provider listed on this Platform to use their services for themselves or who makes contact on behalf of others, must carry out their own due diligence on the individual and/or organisation with whom they wish to engage/connect.