Key Issues for Primary Schools is a concise comprehensive guide to the main issues in primary education and the implications for schools. Presented in a convenient A-Z format, the book includes coverage of:
* special educational needs
* attendance, truancy and exclusion
* bullying and behavioural problems
* management and administration
* safety and security.
There is also a review of up-to-date DfEE requirements and suggestions for further action and reading. The addresses of useful contacts help to make it a reference book no primary school should be without.
Biography
Michael Farrell is an education inspector for the London Borough of Hillingdon. He trained as a teacher and psychologist and has been a head teacher and a lecturer at the Institute of Education.
‘…a useful and reassuring manual for teachers in training, those seeking promotion, and certainly for governors.’ - Times Educational Supplement