Terry Potter
Philip Pullman The death of an old student of mine, who was homeless, brought home how toxic and unkind this country has become. Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to...
General election: Tory early years pledge ‘would push childcare funding deficit to £800m’
The Conservative Party’s childcare manifesto could increase the early years funding deficit to £824m, a new report has warned. A cost analysis of early years pledges from all main political parties by independent research agency Ceeda shows all...
County lines
The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) and Europol have published their 2019 report on the EU drugs market, highlighting the exploitation of young people by county lines drug trafficking gangs in the UK. Read the report: Drugs markets report 2019 Read the...
Homelessness
Shelter has published a report looking at levels of homelessness in Britain. Findings include: an estimated 135,000 children in Britain are homeless and living in temporary accommodation, and the number of children in Britain that are homeless and...
Achievement of 15year-olds in England: PISA 2018 results Research report
England’s PISA 2018 results, with an international comparison of reading, maths and science performance of 15-year-old pupils. Achievement of 15year-olds in England: PISA 2018 results Research report Date: 3 Dec 2019 Author: Juliet Sizmur...
Off-rolling ‘hides true extent of pupil attainment gap’ in schools
The gap between disadvantaged pupils and their more affluent peers is wider than first thought, when thousands of children who have been removed from the school registers are taken into account, say education researchers. Read more. Share this:Click...
Mental health: young people in crisis waiting hours for A&E help
Thousands of young people undergoing a mental health crisis, including those who are potentially suicidal, are having to wait more than four hours for A&E care, NHS figures show. Almost a fifth of the under-18s who seek A&E help in England...
UK plummets from 11th to 156th in global children’s rights rankings
The UK has been accused of employing “inadequate” provision for children’s rights protection after it fell dramatically in global rankings for child rights within a year, from 11th to 156th. Serious concerns have been raised about structural...
UK’s six richest people control as much wealth as poorest 13m – study
The UK’s six richest people control as much wealth as the poorest 13 million, according to research into the gaping inequality in British society. Six billionaires at the top of the UK wealth league have a combined fortune of £39.4bn, which...
At least 135,000 children in Britain to be homeless at Christmas
At least 135,000 children will be homeless and living in temporary accommodation across Britain on Christmas day – the highest number for 12 years – according to the housing charity Shelter. It estimates that a child loses their home every eight...
Muslim fostering
The Fostering Network has published a report on the findings of the Muslim Fostering Project which explored the experiences of Muslim children in foster care and that of Muslim foster carers in the UK. Recommendations include: Ofsted to include...
Smartphones and mental health
Researchers from King’s College London have published findings following a systematic review looking at problematic smartphone usage (PSU) and associated mental health outcomes amongst children and young people. Findings indicate that: 10-30% of...
Benefit-rent gap for poorest tenants widens to £113 a month
Benefit cuts mean Britain’s poorest private tenants are having to find an average of £113 a month to meet a shortfall between their housing benefit payments and their rent, putting many at risk of poverty and homelessness. Official data obtained by...
“Like an Equal, Somehow” – What Young People Exposed to Family Violence Value in Counseling
One way for young people to reduce the risk of problems associated with having experienced family violence is to talk about their experiences with a counselor. However, little is known about how young people judge the quality of such relationships...
General election: Child poverty could reach 60-year high under Conservatives, report warns
The party’s manifesto, for the 12 December election, would not change existing policy meaning relative child poverty could reach 34 per cent by 2023/24, think-tank the Resolution Foundation said. In its report The Shifting Shape of Social Security...
High Court judge bans protesters from outside primary school in LGBT teaching row
A High Court judge has ruled in favour of an exclusion zone to remain in place outside Anderton Park School in Birmingham, following months of demonstrations against the teaching of LGBT education. Birmingham Council said the noisy protests...
Parts of England ‘have higher mortality rates than Turkey’
Regional divides in the UK are among the worst in the developed world, according to a report, which found that parts of England have higher mortality rates than places in Turkey, Romania and Poland. Research by the thinktank IPPR North found that...
Violence in children’s relationships ‘a public health issue’
So many young people experience violence in relationships it should be prioritised like substance misuse or smoking, a study has said. Cardiff University researchers questioned 75,000 11 to 16-year-olds, a first large-scale survey on the issue. They...
