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22/04/2025: Modern Slavery Victims Imprisoned For Crimes They Were Forced To Commit
Hibiscus briefing shows how victims/survivors of Modern Slavery are being criminalised and imprisoned for crimes they were forced to commit.
22/04/2025: Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel report provides recommendations for safeguarding children from Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage backgrounds
The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel has published its report following its thematic review of a sample of safeguarding reviews in relation to Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage children.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
22/04/2025: Revealed: The prisons keeping children locked in their cells for hours on end
Children in prisons in England are typically being kept in their cells for about 20 hours a day and receiving less than 15 hours of education per week, figures obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal today (Monday 7 April).
(Source: The Howard League for Penal Reform)
21/04/2025: Britain’s nursery problem: Parents still face ‘childcare deserts’
The promise was to “transform the lives of thousands of women” and “build a childcare system comparable to the best”.Two years on, the rollout of what’s commonly known as the “free hours” scheme in England is almost complete
19/04/2025: Influencers fuelling misogyny in schools, teachers say
Social media influencers are fuelling an increase in misogyny and sexism in schools, according to a new poll by a teaching union.
19/04/2025: Violence and behaviour crisis in schools, union says (Wales)
The number of violent incidents by pupils in schools across Wales has almost tripled since 2019, a teaching union has said.
19/04/2025: ‘Andrew Tate phenomena’ surges in schools – with boys refusing to talk to female teacher
Online influencers such as Andrew Tate are fuelling an increase in sexism in the classroom, says a new survey from education union the NASUWT. It comes after the Netflix series Adolescence thrust concerns around incel culture into the spotlight.
17/04/2025: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ clause exempts consensual teen sex
A so-called “Romeo and Juliet” clause has been accepted in new plans for mandatory reporting of concerns around child sexual abuse.
17/04/2025: Almost nine in 10 teachers seeing poverty related fatigue in pupils
Teachers are reporting high levels of tiredness, hunger, physical under-development and poor hygiene in the classroom among pupils impacted by poverty.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
17/04/2025: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ clause exempts consensual teen sex
A so-called “Romeo and Juliet” clause has been accepted in new plans for mandatory reporting of concerns around child sexual abuse.
16/04/2025: Disposable vape use falling in UK ahead of ban
The popularity of disposable e-cigarettes or vapes has fallen ahead of a UK-wide ban, external on their sale on 1 June, a study suggests.
16/04/2025: Disabled children wait ‘over a year’ for social care assessments
Research has found that almost one in five parents of children with disabilities are facing a wait of more than 12 months to receive their legal entitlement of a social worker assessment.