'London's education system needs to support all children — not just those good at maths and English'
“Every child needs and deserves access to a good education, wherever they are, to set themselves up with the skills needed for life.”
Having dedicated the last 10 years of her life to improving education access for the most underprivileged children in Nepal and Kenya, one might assume that Pernille Kruse Madsen, founder of the Human Practice Foundation, wouldn’t bat an eyelid at the problems facing London’s schools. But on the day I meet her, she is keen to discuss the capital’s concerns.
“Drop out rates in school are a concern everywhere,” Madsen says. “There are lots of reasons children might not want to go to school — anxiety, which is made worse by social media, or bullying.” It is a similarly serious issue in her native with students dealing with stress, loneliness and anxiety. Concerns about how this affects students in the short
