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Looking forward to Leinster v Ulster this evening on @PremSportsTV. Hope @Ian_madigan is on pundit duty.
Nurture works!
Millions of children need help with social & emotional development.
Research found that schools with nurture saw
🌟 higher average social-emotional scores
🌟 improvements in behavioural functioning
🌟 needs identified earlier
Read more: nurtureuk.org/time-to-nurtur… #TimeToNurture
Alan Downey retweeted
Nurture is not a soft option, it's a STRONG one 💪
The strongest option you can take right now is to embrace a nurturing approach school-wide.
Make the courageous choice. It's #TimeToNurture ❤️🩹
Backed by evidence. Put simply, nurture works.
Pupils reassessed with Boxall Profile® show:
✅ Improvements in social-emotional development scores at primary level
✅ Improvements in behavioural functioning at both primary and secondary
✅ Steeper gains after seven or more assessments
Full report: nurtureuk.org/time-to-nurtur…
Alan Downey retweeted
I left care in 1996 with no qualifications—just a handshake and an expectation that I’d survive on my own. By 17, I was homeless. By 27, I was homeless again. There are no words strong enough to capture what it takes to rebuild your life from absolutely nothing.
I became a published author because the truth about the care system needed to be said out loud. My adult life was shaped by 15 years of addiction, crippling mental health struggles, and moments when I stood on the edge of suicide—all because the support I desperately needed simply wasn’t there.
And the most heartbreaking part is this, in 2025, young people are still leaving care and walking straight into the same brutal reality. The system hasn’t just failed me—it continues to fail them.
This is a room for 16-year-old child, transitioning out of care, expected to cope alone. This is their reality. And nothing has changed in 28 years.
Shame on this government. Make care experience a protected characteristic. @SkyNews @NickMartinSKY
Alan Downey retweeted
Forest Academy in Croydon serves an area of high deprivation with almost 70% of pupils eligible for FSM.
They've built an inclusive, nurturing environment where children thrive - suspensions decreased by 50% @Forest_Academy
An important report - definitely worth a read.
📣 Find an abridged version of our latest research below for all the busy educators out there short on time. Get our top-level findings and recommendations moving forward from new data released this week nurtureuk.org/time-to-nurtur…
#TimeToNurture #NewData #Teachers #Educators
Alan Downey retweeted
Almost half of all school children now need support with social & emotional development, new analysis from @nurtureuktweets suggests – including 1 in 6 who have a high level of need buff.ly/2LzBcD6
Alan Downey retweeted
In 2018, 10% of pupils in schools were experiencing high levels of social-emotional difficulties. Our new nationwide analysis shows that this has now risen significantly to 16% in 2024.
We must break down these barriers to learning. Report: nurtureuk.org/time-to-nurtur… #TimeToNurture
So many of our children need help to address social and emotional challenges that create significant barriers to learning. Readnurtureuk’s nurtureuk’s analysis on the scale of the problem and what can be done to help: nurtureuk.org/time-to-nurtur… #TimeToNurture @nurtureuktweets
Tremendous loss - Ian was such a great guy. My thoughts are with Janet, Shona, Malcolm and Eve.
The Instonian community has lost a remarkable individual, with the passing of Ian Corry (RBAI 1970-77). Ian served as a member of the RBAI Board of Governors for over 20 years from 2004 to 2025.
Read full school tribute: rbai.org.uk/in-memory-of-ian…
Lovely to catch up this morning with @pand233. Keep up the good work, Peter! @oldinstonians
Definitely my favourite rugby pundit at the moment - @Ian_madigan. Always interesting and insightful.
A huge milestone in an important journey. Credit to @maudsleycharity for being a key supporter from the very beginning. slam.newsweaver.com/Internal…
Alan Downey retweeted
Wish @UlsterRugby well, surely this will be fruitless , better off in the challenge cup with a shouting chance of silverware 🏉
If he were alive, what would William Etty make of the Council and planners who allowed this monstrosity to be built, in the mess of a street that Feasgate now is?
