The number of children living in poverty has increased by 200,000 to a record high of 4.5 million, government figures have revealed. The figures show that after housing costs the proportion of the UK’s 14.5m children...
Child poverty strategy must increase family welfare benefits, charity urges
The government’s forthcoming child poverty strategy will fail if it does not focus on increasing families’ benefits and improving social housing stock, a children’s charity is warning. The strategy is due to be...
Unauthorised school absence widening ‘disadvantage gap’ in England
Thinktank says unauthorised absence is ‘a leading cause’ of performance gap between disadvantaged pupils and peers Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share...
Concern over use of school funding for disadvantaged children
There is a risk that disadvantaged children may not be benefitting from billions of pounds of Department for Education funding given to schools to narrow the attainment gap, an influential group of MPs have said. In a...
Free school meal system failing poorest children
The free school meal (FSM) system in England is blighted by flaws in its design that mean children in poverty are missing out, a think-tank has warned. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People...
Education committee backs free school meals auto-enrolment
The government is being urged by MPs to amend its Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to ensure all eligible children are automatically enrolled for free school meals. This would remove the current requirement for low...
