NATE National Association for Therapeutic Education

Patrons: Graham Allen MP* Rt Hon Professor Lord Alton of Liverpool KCSG KCMCO MP* Gregory Barker MP* Bishop Paul Bayes Rt Hon Richard Benyon MP* Gerry Bermingham MP* Clive Betts MP Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford MP* Tom Blenkinsop MP* David Borrow MP* Dr Peter Brand MP* Julian Brazier MP* Steve Brine MP* Helen Brinton MP* Annette Brooke MP* Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KC MP* Paul Burstow MP* Bishop Paul Butler Dr Lisa Cameron MP* Lord Carlile of Berriew KC CBE FRSA MP* Neil Carmichael MP* Jenny Chapman MP* Rt Hon Tom Clarke CBE JP KSG MP* Vernon Coaker MP* Rosie Cooper MP* Lord Cotter MP* Baroness Cox Rt Hon Lord Cryer MP* Alex Cunningham MP* Sir Tony Cunningham MP* Janet Daby MP Cynog Dafis MP* Rt Hon Lord Davies of Oldham MP* Sir Philip Davies MP* Rt Hon Sir David Davis KCB MP* Jim Dobbin MP* Rt Hon Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP* Brian Donohue MP* Rt Hon Lord Dubs MP* Mark Durkan MP* Rt Rev Lord Eames OM Bill Esterson MP Bill Etherington MP* Rt Hon Nigel Evans MP* Tim Farron MP Mark Fisher MP* Robert Flello MP* Lord Flight MP* Barbara Follett MP* Michael Gapes MP* Rt Hon Lord Garnier KC MP* Dr Ian Gibson MP* Stephen Gilbert MP* Lord Glentoran CBE DL Mary Glindon MP Sir Richard Glyn BT Thomas Graham MP* Rt Hon Dominic Grieve KC MP* Andrew Gwynne MP Fabian Hamilton MP Mike Hancock CBE MP* Sir Nick Harvey MP* Lord Haskins Rt Hon Lord Dr Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE John Hemming MP* Bishop Ralph Heskett CSsR Bishop Peter Hill Wera Hobhouse MP Sharon Hodgson MP Bishop Anne Hollinghurst Professor Baroness Hollins Adam Holloway MP* Paul Holmes MP* Rt Hon Baroness Hooper CMG DSG FRSA FRGS Bishop Alan Hopes Rt Hon Lord Howarth of Newport CBE PC Rt Hon Sir George Howarth MP Rt Hon Dr Kim Howells MP* Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP Rt Hon Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE PC MP* Andrew Hunter MP* Dr Brian Iddon MP* Cathy Jamieson MP* Bishop Sophie Jelley Brian Jenkins MP* Jon Owen Jones MP* Dr Lynne Jones MP* Martyn Jones MP* Fraser Kemp MP* Andy King MP* Rt Hon Lord Knight of Weymouth PC FRSA MP* Rt Hon Sir Norman Lamb MP* Pauline Latham OBE MP* Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon OBE Professor Lord Layard FBA Rt Hon Dame Andrea Leadsom DBE MP* John Leech MP* Rt Hon Sir Edward Leigh MP Rt Hon Sir Oliver Letwin MP* Professor Baroness Lister of Burtesett CBE FBA FAcSS Bob Litherland MP* Elfyn Llwyd MP* Andy Love MP* Karen Lumley MP* Dr Wendy Lynas PhD Rob Marris MP* Steve McCabe MP* Ian Mearns MP* Patrick Mercer OBE MP* Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP* Bishop Roger Morris George Mudie MP* Bishop James Newcome KCVO DL Bishop David Oakley Mark Oaten MP* Lembit Opik MP* Diana Organ MP* Sandra Osborne MP* Lord Ouseley Kt Professor Lord Parekh FBA FAcSS FRSA Bob Parry MP* Rt Hon Dame Priti Patel DBE Lord Patel KT Professor Sir Denis Pereira Gray OBE FRCP FRCGP FMedSci Bishop Dr John Perumbalath Peter Pike MP* Bishop Stephen Platten FSA Chris Pond MP* Mark Prisk MP* Bishop John Pritchard John Pugh MP* Lord Rana OBE Syd Rapson BEM MP* Bishop John Rawsthorne Bishop Dr Lee Rayfield Rt Hon Lord Rees of Ludlow OM FRS HonFREng FMedSci FRAS HonFInstP Bishop Edwin Regan Lord Rennard MBE Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick MP* Bishop Tony Robinson Dan Rogerson MP* Sir Bob Russell MP* Christine Russell MP* Martin Salter MP* Adrian Sanders MP* Laura Sandys MP* Barry Sheerman MP Henry Smith MP* Peter Snape MP* Lord Storey CBE Gerry Sutcliffe MP* Lord Taverne KC Simon Thomas MP* Rt Hon Baroness Thornton Rt Hon Viscount Thurso PC MP* Sir John Timpson CBE Dr Desmond Turner MP* Dr Rudi Vis MP* Baroness Walmsley Dame Angela Watkinson DBE MP* Mark Williams MP* Roger Williams MP* Bishop Tom Williams Rt Hon Lord Willis of Knaresborough MP* ( MP* formerly Member of Parliament) (Patron during lifetime - Sir David Amess MP David Cairns MP Rt Hon Lord Chidgey MP* Baroness Greengross OBE Baroness Howe of Idlicote CBE Lord Jones of Cheltenham MP* Baroness Masham of Ilton DL Norman Mikardo Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor Lord Rea Of Eskdale MD FRCGP Archbishop Peter Smith)

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The National Association for Therapeutic Education NATE was founded in 1995 in the wake of the nationwide collapse of therapeutic education in special schools.

The original purpose of the NATE committee was to redefine in exact terms the conditions for psychological development in childhood in the context of the school system; to draw attention to the nationwide collapse of therapeutic education in special schools and to identify the failure of the mainstream state school system to resource psychological growth.

Nearly three decades on it remains the intention of the NATE committee to eventually secure conditions for psychological development in the infant sector of mainstream state schools; to re establish therapeutic education for severely disturbed children in state special school settings and to position the National Association for Therapeutic Education as a national hub and centre of excellence for therapeutic education in the context of special and mainstream schools.

The National Association for Therapeutic Education is currently a small but influential, unfunded, single issue focus group – now supported by around 170 patrons who are former and serving national leaders including from the church, politics and academia.

For the time being our central purpose is to continue to draw the attention of government and key authorities to the conceptual inconsistency on which the school system is founded and to begin to bring about an early resolution for the profound national issue which has been identified.

 

John Tierney   Director       National Association for Therapeutic Education  NATE