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Exclusive: School-Home Support finds proportion of children citing such concerns has risen 73% year on yearInsecure, unsuitable and poor quality housing is increasingly a barrier to children going to school, according to an education charity that works…
Three quarters say they feel undervalued and are thinking about quitting, charity warns Schools will undergo a “crisis of support” without urgent action to improve pay and training for teaching assistants, a charity will warn in a report to be publishe…
US-based child protection centre reports 82% increase in ‘online enticement’ last year with ‘alarming spike’ in financial extortionReports of online extortion of children who are blackmailed after they have been manipulated into sending explicit image…
Low-income families in England face highest costs compared with Scotland and Wales due to fewer benefitsSending a child to a state secondary school costs families at least £39 each week, and £19 a week for children at primary school, according to resea…
Government’s advisers say doctors in England, Wales and Northern Ireland can prescribe glucose monitors Hundreds of children who manage their type 2 diabetes by regularly pricking their finger can now monitor their glucose levels using automated sensor…
FoI requests reveal at least 90 councils top-sliced childcare budget to offset deficits or add to reservesMPs have expressed concern that local authorities in England are failing to pass on government funding for free childcare places to nurseries, aft…
Women and adopted children demand Westminster follows example of Wales and ScotlandWomen forced to give up their babies for adoption in the 1950s, 60s and 70s are stepping up pressure on the UK government to issue a formal apology following the lead of…
Children’s commissioner for England calls for ‘robust’ measures in UK’s online safety bill to protect young peopleEngland’s children’s commissioner has called for the “most robust” online protections for under-18s after publishing research examining li…
Families in Rhyl decry ‘shameful’ lack of consultation before removal of Drift Park play area to make way for flood defencesThe developer Balfour Beatty and Denbighshire council have been accused of ignoring the needs of children by ripping out a playg…
Survey finds exhaustion and low morale among school nurses as they face increasingly complex caseloadsSchool nurses’ crucial, underfunded roleThe UK needs at least 11,000 more school nurses to deal with the increasingly complex needs of young people af…