The tragic death of Ben Nelson-Roux couldn't be a more compelling reminder of the need to give our children the right support in school.
The destruction of a young boy's life sadly feels all too familiar. These terrifying tales are told many times over in the report from the Commission on Young Lives 'Hidden in Plain Sight'.
Like many other youngsters, Ben had been excluded from school before being preyed on by drug dealers. A number of complex factors led to his death, and school was just one part of his life, but could things have been different if Ben had experienced nurture practice in an educational setting?
We know that gang-associated children are five times more likely to have been permanently excluded in the previous academic year, and six times more likely to have been in alternative provision, compared to other children assessed by children's services.
