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MBOX Teaching School head Dave Roberts says the organisation was born out of the school's aim to reach more children and the realisation that the need for its approach extended way beyond the capacity of the 30-pupil residential setting. "Rather than opening one or two more schools serving 20 or 30 children, we decided the best way was to go out into mainstream schools, where we know thousands of children with challenging behaviour from troubled backgrounds are placed."
MBOX started with a £99,000 three-year grant from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. It has a team of seven, including four teachers, supported by associates, one of which is an educational psychologist. They do not usually work directly with children, aiming instead to equip teachers and others with the skills to respond to troubled children's needs through building consistent relationships with them.
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