Issues

A selection of articles from past issues of Attain which look at issues of concern to parents.

Are you a difficult parent?!

There is a thin line between being a concerned parent - and a difficult one. How should you complain to a school and ensure the best possible outcome? Julie Robinson offers some advice. More...

The Unrecognised SEN

Colour blindness is a problem which affects 1 in 12 boys and 1 in 200 girls yet is often overlooked by schools. Kathryn Albany-Ward, who recently discovered her son is colour blind, outlines the difficulties children can face. Attain put her concerns to the Minister of State responsible for SEN to help raise awareness of her campaign. More...

School Uniform: Viewpoints

Attain asked the Heads of three senior (Christ's Hospital, Bedales and Headington) and two prep schools (Kensington Prep and Brockhurst School) to share their views on the importance of school uniform. More...

Growing Pains

Childhood may be considered the state of human nature closest to innocence, but as Contributing Editor Michael St John Parker argues, this hardly fits the realities of school, or family, life. More...

Cyber Bullying

In the old days, bullying was stealing a boy's conkers or hiding a girl's hair ribbons; with modern technology it has become more complex. Paul Spencer Ellis, Headmaster of the Royal Alexandra & Albert School explains. More...