The number of children living in poverty in working households increased by 1,350 a week on average between 2010 and 2023, analysis by the TUC has found. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People...
Poorer high-ability UK children fall behind peers at school from age of 11
Study finds critical period between ages of 11 and 14 is when ‘things seem to start going wrong’ compared with wealthier group Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this: Share on X (Opens in new...
High-achieving disadvantaged five-year-olds fall behind peers by age 14, study warns
Children who are classed as high achieving at the age of five, but from less affluent backgrounds, are less likely to achieve the highest grades at GCSE compared with their wealthier peers, new research has found. The...
UK children shorter, fatter and sicker amid poor diet and poverty, report finds
Children across the UK are getting shorter, fatter and sicker amid an epidemic of poor diets, food insecurity and poverty, according to a report warning that millions are facing a “timebomb” of avoidable health...
School role in tackling poverty eating into lesson time, teachers warn
Supporting children who are hungry, tired and emotionally struggling due to hardship at home is eating away at time in the classroom, primary school teachers have said. Read the full article on this link to The Guardian...
Social rent homes in England fall by more than quarter of a million in decade
More than a quarter of a million social rent homes in England have been lost in the last decade, according to analysis of government statistics. Between April 2013 and April 2023, the number of social housing homes...
