Young lives blighted by a lack of support

‘It seems that the damaging effects of austerity rumble on, despite the fine words of our former prime minister,’ says Stephanie Williams. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The GuardianYour editorial (A less confrontational and better funded system for vulnerable pupils is needed, 28 October) was admirably understated. Its arrival on our breakfast table coincided with our grocery delivery, brought in by a cheerful young man whose job as a teacher and specialist in behavioural problems at a sc