Sean Harris FCCT
@SeanHarris_NE
Dad; MAT based; PhD-ing; educator; journalist; author; passionate about schools & learning. Views / typos all down to my fingers only. Insta @ThatPovertyGuy
✍️ "The first five years of a child’s life are crucial, so food poverty can be particularly damaging during this time." Our Senior Digital Comms Officer, @LewisTibbs_, discusses the damaging effects of rising levels of child food poverty in the UK ⤵️ suttontrust.com/news-opinion/a…
"Young people in the North are being hit twice as hard due to regional inequalities." Read @RyanSwift93 column in @yorkshirepost about how deep geographical disparities are harming children in the North of England. yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/c…
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That’s right Sean….even if you take a fairly broad estimate of approx 3 mins per lesson, 5 lessons per day = 75 mins per week or 47 hours per year!
New research that ‘shines a spotlight on the millions of children growing up with vulnerabilities in England’ shows the need for joined-up action from government, says @CfYoungLives founder @annelongfield tes.com/magazine/news/…
Our new State of the Nation report is out today, exposing the scale and nature of childhood vulnerability in 2025. The report finds a growing number of children are facing serious challenges, with mounting pressures on the systems meant to support them. centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/ce…
NEW - we asked parents in lower-income families about the summer holidays. 44% said they were likely to need a foodbank. 48% are more worried about being able to afford things for their children this summer holiday, compared to last year. cpag.org.uk/news/challengi…
35% of lower-income parents said buying small treats for children such as an ice cream or fish and chips would be difficult or impossible this summer.
📧 Take a look at what's in the latest edition of @nechildpoverty's e-newsletter, with a round up of news from NECPC & our partners You can also sign up to receive it straight to your inbox 👉 mailchi.mp/f9a31ccbafb8/n…
“A functional social security system is one that tackles poverty and supports people to live full lives. It must also strike a balance between people who are able to work being supported to do so, whilst ensuring that people who cannot work are protected and cherished for who…
Place isn’t owned, it’s shared. From Sycamore Gap to child poverty, the North East teaches us how to build together | Sean Harris northeastbylines.co.uk/news/community…
Summer reading for school leaders: Tackling Poverty and Disadvantage in Schools by Sean Harris and Katrina Morley. Practical strategies to address inequality and boost impact. Explore it here: headteacher-chat.link/poverty-help
Today North East Mayor @KiMcGuinness launches the North East Child Poverty Action Plan, which sets out the mission to tackle child poverty in the North East, with the Mayor and cabinet set to approve the Action Plan, backed by a pledge of £28.6 million in new investment.
Today marks a huge moment for families as we launch the North East Child Poverty Action Plan. Our region has shamefully high levels of child poverty - we have to act! So with £28.6m of investment, we’ll do just that. We’ll expand baby box deliveries, give cash grants to…
🧵 Today, the @NorthEast_CA Cabinet, led by Mayor @KiMcGuinness, formally approved a five-year North East Child Poverty Action Plan - backed by £28.6m of new investment to support babies, children, young people & families across this part of our region
.@nechildpoverty commission are so pleased to have been able to help shape this work, alongside a broad coalition of organisations right across the region – and we look forward to continuing to work with the Mayor & North East CA as the action plan is implemented.
A big day for the North East. I promised to fight child poverty. Today we’re taking action with £28.6m for a North East Child Poverty Action Plan🎉 That means more families receiving baby boxes, grants for pregnant Mams, youth clubs to help build skills for work and much more.…
Great work @KiMcGuinness and @NorthEast_CA team, this is big and important news. necc.co.uk/chamber-welcom…
Our Chair, @HelenHayes_, asked Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer about the support available for care leavers after the age of 18 during the @CommonsLiaison session. Watch his response 👇
How can schools tackle poverty and disadvantage head-on? @ThatPovertyGuy @SeanHarris_NE @katrina_morley Tackling Poverty and Disadvantage in Schools offers research-backed strategies, real case studies, and practical tools to help school leaders design equitable curricula,…
Tears today. But happy ones “Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" Dr Seuss #TeamHarris #TeamAmberley
Thank you to everyone at Amberley for a fantastic 8 years @AMBERLEYPRIMARY @AmberleyYear6