This book offers a unique exploration of attachment aware schools, bringing together empirical teacher views along with wider theoretical and policy perspectives. The author reviews the key principles of attachment theory, the features of attachment aware schools and the tensions that exist in current education policy in England.

Part 1: Literature, Theory and Policy Issues.- Chapter 1:- Introduction: The Challenge of Attachment Aware Schools.- Chapter 2: Attachment Awareness in Schools.- Chapter 3: From Attachment Awareness to Attachment Aware Schools 2010-2020.- Chapter 4: Widening Understanding of Attachment, Trauma and the Impact of COVID.- Chapter 5: If Attachment Aware Schools Are So Good, Why Isn’t Everyone Doing It?.- Part 2: AAS: Findings from an Empirical Research Project.- Chapter 6: Origins of the Study.- Chapter 7: Putting Attachment Aware Schools into Practice.- Chapter 8: Attachment Aware Schools in Society.- Chapter 9: Conclusion: Attachment Aware Schools: Changing Education or Social Control?.

This book offers a unique exploration of attachment aware schools, bringing together empirical teacher views along with wider theoretical and policy perspectives. Attachment aware schooling demonstrates an understanding of the emotional and behavioural needs of children and young people which go beyond training and experience, in order to promote better learning and health outcomes. The author reviews the key principles of attachment theory, the features of attachment aware schools and the tensions that exist in current education policy in England. He then explores issues around gender, social justice and social policy in relation to trauma-informed and attachment aware practice. The book will be of interest to academics and students in the fields of alternative education, the sociology of education, education policy and social psychology.Richard Parker is Visiting Research Fellow at Bath Spa University, UK.

Highlights topical debates around the ways in which young people in English schools should be supported and educated Offers an original perspective on the development of attachment aware schools from theory to practice Relates attachment theory in the classroom to broader issues of government policy and societal inequalities