Thousands of families in financial crisis are missing out on vital emergency support, new research by The Children’s Society has revealed. It says parents are being left at risk of debt and struggling to afford basics like feeding and clothing their...
More children in the UK are growing up in working families trapped in poverty. New Government data shows that, of the 4.1 million children in poverty overall, there has been an increase in the number of children caught in severe poverty to 2.8...
Looked-after children’s GCSE grades fell last year as the education gap with their secondary school peers worsened, according to government statistics. The Department for Education figures also reveal that the proportion of looked-after...
A report has been published by the Children’s Commissioner investigating the amount spent by local areas in England on low-level mental health support. Findings indicate that there is a wide disparity in spending between different areas, with 58% of...
Ofsted has published new data about unregistered and illegal schools in England, highlighting that the lack of external oversight of safeguarding, health and safety, and quality of education of these schools could put children at risk. Findings...
11 April 2019 New research from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) examines the school appeals and waiting lists system in England. Drawing on newly available parental preferences data, the study examines how parents use these routes to secure a...
More than a third of local areas are cutting spending on early help for children and young people with mental health problems, according to analysis by the children’s commissioner for England. While overall investment on “low...
Over the past fifty years, public care for children in England has undergone a significant transformation moving almost exclusively towards foster care as the preferred mode of delivery. The most recent data from the Department for Education for the...
The mother of a nine-year-old girl with severe epilepsy wept as she had an illegal supply of medical cannabis confiscated by customs officials after entering the UK with the potentially life-saving medication that her daughter cannot access...
Coram Voice has published findings from a survey with care leavers in England. Findings from the responses of 474 16-25 year old care leavers who completed the survey in six local authorities in England in 2018 include: 63% of care leavers agreed...
The Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) has published a report about how to engage disadvantaged and vulnerable parents in parenting and parental conflict services. Findings, based on a rapid evidence review, include: interventions can lack...
The Women and Equalities Committee have published a report on the inequalities faced by Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities. Findings include: entrenched stereotypes in schools leads to children being taken out of education, fear of...
Date: 4 April 2019 This chapter identifies and critically analyses the dominant discourses that form the ideological conditions of children’s participation in child protection interventions. The central argument made in this chapter is that the...
A quarter of children from low-income families experience hunger because of restrictions placed on accessing free school meals, research suggests. Some children do not eat at all during the school day because, despite being severely deprived, they...
Children in low-income families suffer social exclusion and a sense of shame because they do not have enough food to eat, according to research published by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG). Many do not qualify for free school meals; even when...
The latest official poverty stats from the Government for 2017/18 make for grim reading again this year. But with all eyes on Parliamentary Brexit machinations, it’s likely that many are going to miss seeing these vital figures. With 14 million...
The Metropolitan Police Service is failing to effectively tackle online child sexual abuse and exploitation cases, according to a critical inspection report. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, and Fire and Rescue Services looked at 34 cases involving...
The Welsh Government has introduced the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill to the National Assembly. If passed, parents will no longer be permitted to physically punish their children. Source: The Welsh Government...
Terry Potter
