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‘It’s about giving them dignity’: how Tees Valley schools are taking on poverty
Pupils’ lack of food and sleep is leading one education trust in northern England to focus more on families
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"Alongside lack of food, lack of sleep has become a big issue. Morley says some children don’t have a bed, while others share a bed with siblings. Some can’t sleep because they don’t have enough bedding in an unheated property and they’re cold. Others can’t sleep because they are anxious."
“Sometimes parents are trying to hold down three or four or five different jobs and the child might be taking younger siblings to school or putting food on the table,”