More than half of teachers are working with homeless students

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“It was really frustrating and stressful to be homeless for so long,” said Ayesha, 47, from London. “For the first few years, I didn’t realize how much of an impact it was having on my son.”

Now 14, Ayesha’s son spent 12 years of his life Five different lodging propertiesMany of them were dilapidated and the roof of one had fallen in, the mother said,

She said: “We were moved so far away from my son’s school that he couldn’t stay with me during the school week. It was very disruptive for him. He’s very active and loves being involved in things like football training and matches, and sometimes he couldn’t do everything he wanted to because we were so far from his school and friends.”

Across Britain, record 175,025 children living in temporary accommodation As Ayesha and her son experienced those places.

More than half of teachers have worked with homeless children in a school in the past year, new research shows ,Getty/iStock,

The worsening issue now means that more than half of teachers (52 per cent) have worked in schools with children who homeless last yearShelter’s new research has found.

work with Teacher‘ Union NASUWT, the charity has revealed how the Accommodation The crisis is affecting the education of millions Children,

Growing up without a safe and secure home leads to exhaustion, missed School Researchers found in a survey of more than 7,000 teachers in public schools in England that days off and poor mental health.

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A small survey conducted by NASUWT found that three-quarters (76 percent) of teachers said homelessness caused children to perform worse in assessments or exams, while nine in ten (91 percent) said children experienced homeless Reached school tired.

Sarah Elliott, chief executive of Shelter, said: “The housing emergency is infiltrating our classrooms and robbing children of their most basic need for a safe home. Children should not have to try to balance their studies with the terrifying experience of homelessness.

Earlier this month, Housing Secretary Steve Reed launched the government's national homelessness strategy — Earlier this month, Housing Secretary Steve Reed launched the government’s national homelessness strategy ,pa wire,

“Teachers are seeing the same devastating impact on children growing up in temporary accommodation that our services see every day. Children are arriving to school exhausted after long journeys from accommodation many miles away, feeling disconnected and isolated.

“Others are struggling to concentrate for fear of spending another night in a cramped B&B room where they have no space or privacy to study for important exams.”

After contacting Shelter, Ayesha was able to secure a social home for herself and her son. She said: “After years of uncertainty and moving around, my son is still very unstable.

“He is working hard for his GCSEs next year, but years without a stable home have made it difficult for him to concentrate at school and has affected his emotional well-being.”

Earlier this month, the government launched its national homelessness strategy, pledging to spend £3.5 billion on the renewed campaign. The government said the funding would increase abstinence rates, halve the number of rough sleepers and stop the illegal use of B&Bs for families.

Labor has reiterated its pledge to build 1.5 million homes this Parliament ,getty images,

The government also passed its Tenants’ Bill of Rights in October, which will give tenants major new protections from next year, and has reiterated its pledge to build 1.5 million homes this Parliament.

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However, Shelter and NASUWT have called on the government to go further, arguing that Labor must accelerate its housebuilding program to deliver 90,000 social homes per year over the next decade to meet demand.

Matt Wrack, General Secretary of NASUWT, said: “Homelessness is having a huge physical and emotional impact on children and young people, with adverse effects on their education and ability to learn.

“The lack of a safe, secure and permanent home for these children is putting their future life prospects at risk. If their education is affected now, the impact could potentially last a lifetime.”

A Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government spokesperson said: “No child should try to learn without the security of an inhabited home.

“That’s why we’ve made changes to ensure schools can now support pupils experiencing homelessness as soon as possible, while our comprehensive homelessness strategy, supported by record funding, will address the root causes of homelessness and set us on the path to ending it forever.”