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15/04/2025: Teachers in England move a step closer to striking
Teachers in England will vote on whether or not to go on strike if the government stands by its pay offer for the next school year.
12/04/2025: ‘I believe my son will end up killing somebody’
Parents and guardians who are being physically and mentally abused by the children in their care desperately need more help, a support service says.
11/04/2025: What goes on inside toddlers’ brains? A pioneering project is trying to find out
Two-year-old Henry is completely transfixed by the iPad in front of him. Every time a smiley face appears he taps the screen – and his tap transforms the face into a cartoon of a dancing animal.
10/04/2025: National child protection agency to provide oversight of practice in England
Government accepts Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse recommendation to create Child Protection Authority for England, which will initially form part of Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
09/04/2025: A third of teachers reported misogyny among pupils last week, survey suggests
More than a third of secondary teachers have reported misogynistic behaviour from pupils at their school in the last week, a survey commissioned by BBC News suggests.
07/04/2025: Probe reveals ‘concerning’ rates of young arson suspects
Nearly 4,000 young arson suspects were investigated by police over just three years, data analysis shows.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
06/04/2025: Family support spending recovers following years of stagnation, data shows
Annual family support spending grew by 21% in real-terms from 2020-21 from 2023-24, but remains well below expenditure on statutory social care, ahead of reforms designed to rebalance system.
05/04/2025: ‘I didn’t start out wanting to see kids’: are porn algorithms feeding a generation of paedophiles – or creating one?
More than 850 men a month are arrested for online child abuse offences in England and Wales. They come from every walk of life: teachers, police officers, doctors, TV presenters. And the numbers are rising every year. How did this happen?
04/04/2025: ‘I’ve been scarred by social media’
A woman has spent a year without using some social media apps after realising they had “completely consumed” her life.
04/04/2025: DoL applications decline despite ongoing shortage of secure children’s homes
Applications for deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders for children fell more than 6% last year, latest analysis shows – the first annual decline this decade.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
04/04/2025: Tool supports youth workers to tackle gender-based violence
A new toolkit is supporting youth workers in Wales to address gender-based violence, touching on some of the themes in the high-profile TV drama ‘Adolescence’.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
04/04/2025: Girls in England feel less safe at school than they did pre-Covid, survey finds
Study finds larger drop-off among girls aged 13-14 who feel safe than among boys, compared with age group in 2019