The days have been difficult and the times testing. Young people and children under pressure . . . Exam stress and then some. The impact must not be underestimated. Be it A-Levels and all entailed, with future plans and long-held dreams on the line, GCSEs or SATS, it has, as always, been quite an onslaught....Read More

So it’s almost here and upon us. The long-awaited (and – for some, at least – dreaded) exam results day . . . The limbo that has coloured the summer so far is all but over. The final reckoning, the moment of truth, the time for finding out has arrived. This is a difficult time...Read More

It’s the hinterland. Limbo. No man’s land. That uncertain and uncomfortable period between the final exam and the subsequent results. It can be difficult and distressing. Unsettling and hard to adapt. The hard work is over, but resolution must wait. The here and the now, at the summer’s beginning, ranks amongst the most testing times...Read More

In the main, for most of us, being anxious isn’t a good thing. The problems that present to us here often have some deep anxiety at their heart. Young people and children are very prone to fears, but this is something that everyone encounters at one time or another in their lives. Worry. Nervousness. That...Read More

In health terms, there is nothing that concerns parents more than a child’s emotional and mental state. This is a subject that we tackled in a recent post on our blog following some in-depth research into the subject. Not long after the report that prompted this post, further figures were released. These underlined some of...Read More

Year Six SATs. Year Eleven GCSEs. Year Thirteen A-Levels. The Summer Term is here. It’s the Business End of the academic calendar. Young people are, as a result, under increasing pressure to perform and, as we’ve discussed in previous posts, this can manifest itself in countless different ways. Exam stress – and the problems it...Read More