Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

The Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium has published a report on the use of Facial age estimation (FAE) technology to assess the age of unaccompanied young people seeking asylum in the UK. The briefing...

June 24, 2026

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Award-winning early support for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families

Specialist outreach and inclusion programme – recognised at last year’s Children & Young People Now Awards – supports Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families to engage with education, health and wider...

June 17, 2026

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The Global Justice Report: A Plan for Equality & Prosperity Within Planetary

The Global Justice Report attempts to set out a new vision for global progress in the 21st century: grounding human development and equality in planetary habitability. It explores the conditions under which...

June 10, 2026

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Councils use 377,000 people’s data in efforts to predict child abuse

Use of algorithms to identify families for attention raises stereotyping and privacy fears.Vast quantities of data on hundreds of thousands of people is being used to construct computer models in an effort to predict...

September 17, 2018

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Mental health and well-being trends among children and young people in the UK, 1995–2014: analysis of repeated cross-sectional national health surveys

There is a growing concern about the mental health of children and young people (CYP) in the UK, with increasing demand for counselling services, admissions for self-harm and referrals to mental health services. We...

September 14, 2018

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Gypsy children suffering racism in schools, MPs told

At a women and equalities select committee hearing on educational inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities, MPs heard that poor attendance was the key reason for the low educational outcomes for...

September 13, 2018

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NSPCC Learning launched

The NSPCC has launched NSPCC Learning, a new website with the latest child protection and safeguarding news, information and training. The new website brings together information and resources for professionals working...

September 10, 2018

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Child migrants

The House of Commons Library has published a briefing paper giving an overview of the policy and practice of immigration detention in the UK. The briefing includes information on: unaccompanied children, at risk adults...

September 6, 2018

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DfE ‘encouraging councils to shirk legal duties’

A document published by the Department for Education has been criticised by campaigners for encouraging councils to renege on statutory child protection obligations, 18 months after controversial legislation to give...

September 5, 2018

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Youth loneliness

UK Youth have published a report looking at the role of local youth organisations in addressing youth loneliness, focusing on the perspective of youth workers. Findings from an online survey with 152 youth...

August 29, 2018

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Physical activity and wellbeing strategies for young prisoners

The Ministry of Justice has published an independent review of sport and physical education in the justice system, which was carried out by Professor Rosie Meek in partnership with the National Alliance of Sport...

August 29, 2018

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Disadvantaged pupils

The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published its annual report on the state of education in England. The report looks at how the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers has changed since 2011 and...

August 1, 2018

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Child abuse linked to faith or belief

The National FGM Centre has released two YouTube videos discussing child abuse linked to faith or belief. The first is an animation telling the story of young boy in the UK who was accused of witchcraft by his...

July 23, 2018

Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

Award-winning early support for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families

The Global Justice Report: A Plan for Equality & Prosperity Within Planetary

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Councils use 377,000 people’s data in efforts to predict child abuse

Mental health and well-being trends among children and young people in the UK, 1995–2014: analysis of repeated cross-sectional national health surveys

Gypsy children suffering racism in schools, MPs told

NSPCC Learning launched

Child migrants

DfE ‘encouraging councils to shirk legal duties’

Youth loneliness

Physical activity and wellbeing strategies for young prisoners

Disadvantaged pupils

Child abuse linked to faith or belief

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