Poverty

Two-child benefit limit pushes families further into poverty

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. Nearly all families affected by the limit...

Mark Cronin
Marginalised & Excluded

Elitist Britain 2019

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 privilege endure with opportunity denied to...

Mark Cronin
Reviews

The Phonics Screening Check 2012-2017: An independent enquiry into the views of Head Teachers, teachers and parents by Margaret M. Clark OBE

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 literacy. I have put under the searchlight...

Terry Potter
Disabilitymental health

Mental health needs of children and young people with learning disabilities

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 focus groups, literature searches and an...

Terry Potter
Looked After Children

Looked after children: Scotland

  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 Scottish Government data looking at pathways...

Terry Potter
Poverty

Children in need

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...

June 25, 2019
Generalmental health

Young people, social media and mental health

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...

June 18, 2019
Marginalised & Excluded

Advocacy for children

  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...

June 18, 2019
Safeguarding

Women as Protectors

  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...

June 18, 2019
Safeguarding

Child sexual abuse in religious institutions

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...

June 12, 2019
Safeguarding

Self-harm

  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...

June 12, 2019