The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a new report on children referred to Prevent – the government’s counter extremism programme. The report is based on analysis of Home Office data and...
The Centre for Young Lives has published its annual State of the Nation report, collating data and indicators to track trends in poverty, mental health, education, safeguarding, housing, special educational...
The Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA Centre) has published a report on the scale and nature of child sexual abuse in England and Wales. The report includes an analysis of official data for...
NSPCC Learning has published a Learning from case reviews briefing on suicide. The briefing is based on a sample of case reviews published between 2021 and 2023 where suicide was a key factor. The briefing highlights:...
NSPCC Learning has published a report exploring the barriers and challenges multi-agency safeguarding professionals face when identifying and tackling neglect. The report explains that professionals are confident in...
The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a new report on police strip searches of children in England and Wales. The Commissioner analysed strip searches conducted by police across five and a half years of...
Black children are four times more likely to be strip-searched by police officers across England and Wales than their white counterparts, according to the latest nationwide figures disclosed by a watchdog. The...
The Youth Endowment Fund has published a report on trends in violence affecting children and young people in England and Wales, looking at data on homicides, knife crime, involvement in the criminal justice system...
Leading children’s rights and justice organisations have called for the end to child imprisonment in England. In a review, they argue that child imprisonment is beyond reform and that responsibility for children who...
The Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre has published research on the internal trafficking and exploitation of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in England and Wales...
Young people have shared experiences of being unaware they were placed under deprivation of liberty orders (DoL) as part of a study designed to improve outcomes for other children. Read the full article on this link...
The Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA Centre) and Barnardo’s SEEN have published a knowledge review on the sexual abuse of African, Asian and Caribbean heritage children in the UK. The report examines...
The children’s commissioner for England is due to visit Manston, the Home Office centre in Kent where small boat arrivals are processed, after concerns were raised about the treatment of children there, the Guardian has...
