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Back To School Anxiety

Spare a thought for the teachers too!

Back to school is a time of mixed emotions – September has always held a special feeling for me – just as the seasons are transitioning, so too am I… the lazy, hazy days of summer are drawing to a close, there is a nip in the evening air, and a sense of waiting and watching.

I think at some deep level, especially in the Northern hemisphere, we all feel this shift, but none more so than our children.  So it is, perhaps with these elements of beginning a new cycle, that back to school anxiety can be so strongly felt.

Find out more about how to prepare for the return to school so that you and your child or teen feel confident and ready to go!

Read more in the article I contributed to Thrive Global here…

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Hi, I'm Clare Ford

Clare is an inspiring education expert with over 20 years’ teaching experience, runner up of the 2019 MPower Legacy Award, international best-selling author and Founder of SwitchedON!, a cutting-edge global education platform offering innovative education and parenting solutions.
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About Clare

Clare Ford is an award-winning education expert, international best-selling author, and founder of SwitchedON!, a global coaching and learning platform designed to help teens thrive – emotionally, academically, and beyond the classroom.

With over 20 years of experience in education, Clare has supported hundreds of young people and families through her unique blend of academic mentoring, mindset coaching, and emotional literacy development. She’s spoken on radio, podcasts, and global summits about redefining success for the next generation – with her signature methodology, The Teen Success Codes, now at the heart of her work.

After 12 years in the mainstream system, Clare experienced burnout and turned her breakdown into a breakthrough, creating a new path that honours both student wellbeing and future readiness. She now supports teens to grow in confidence, motivation, and self-leadership, while empowering parents to reconnect and raise switched-on changemakers.

Clare lives in Kent with her partner and two cats, and is a proud mum of her two young men who are now out of their teen years and just graduated from university.