The government’s two-child limit on benefits is having a devastating impact on family life as it pushes millions of children deeper into poverty, according to the first detailed study of the benefit cut...
The Sutton Trust and the Social Mobility Commission explored the backgrounds of around 5,000 individuals in high ranking positions across a broad range of British society and discovered that inequality and...
This research has been published on the Newman University website. The Preface is reproduced below: Preface Since 2006 I have published a series of articles on literacy, in particular, the teaching of early...
The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition (CYPMHC) has published a report looking at the mental health needs of children and young people with learning disabilities in England. Findings from...
Researchers at the universities of York, Stirling and Lancaster, in partnership with the Adoption and Fostering Alliance Scotland (AFA Scotland), have published findings from a series of studies of...
The Department for Education (DfE) has published the concluding report of its review of children in need in England. Alongside this, the DfE has published children in need final data and analysis. Findings include: at least 1.6 million children...
Council leaders have warned that the “piecemeal” nature of government funding is hampering their efforts to tackle youth homelessness. The concerns have been raised by the Local Government Homelessness Commission (LGHC), which has...
Date: 20 June 2019 Grandparents are increasingly involved in the care and protection of grandchildren. The qualitative Australian study reported here explored how contact between grandparents and their grandchildren could be optimised after child...
Picture books and graphic novels (not necessarily aimed at young children) Apha by Bessora Barroux in association with Amnesty International A Story like the Wind by Gill Lewis, illustrated by Jo Weaver, endorsed by Amnesty International Azzi...
The government has failed to address the question of dire education outcomes for children in need due to the “absolute paralysis” of Brexit, the children’s commissioner for England has warned. The Department For Education’s...
11 June 2019 Little information exists about the prevalence of children exposed to maternal mental illness. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of children and adolescents exposed to maternal mental illness in the UK between 2005 and 2017 using...
Barnardo’s has published a report looking at what children, young people and practitioners say about the impact of social media on mental health and wellbeing and the social media experiences of vulnerable children in the UK. Findings from 80...
The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a report on advocacy provision for children in England. Findings include: a high proportion of the local authorities who returned figures to the Children’s Commissioner did not know...
The NSPCC has published an evaluation of the Women as Protectors service which aims to help mothers and carers protect their children from men in their lives who pose a risk of sexual harm to children. The evaluation looked at what changed...
The number of children using Sure Start children’s centres in the most deprived areas of England has fallen by more than a fifth, driven by austerity cuts, new research has found. Action for Children’s Closed Doors report found that...
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has published a report on child sexual abuse in religious institutions. The report, based on accounts shared by survivors who were sexually abused in a religious context, found that: 48% of...
The Lancet Psychiatry has published findings from research into the prevalence of self-harm in England. Findings include: the prevalence of self-reported self-harm has increased in both sexes and across age groups, with the largest increase...
