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20/03/2025: Most UK adults believe emotional abuse in childhood can have a lasting psychological effect but one in six cannot spot the signs
We want to remind people of the importance of free online resources like Listen up, Speak up.
20/03/2025: Nigerian crime gangs are targeting young British boys in ‘sextortion’ scams
The National Crime Agency says boys as young as 14 are targeted into sextortion over social media platforms like Snapchat and Instagram. Once tricked into sending sexual images, they are blackmailed into sending payments of up to £100.
20/03/2025: The new Child Information Form (‘CIF’)
The NPCC and CPS have introduced a new form intended to streamline the sharing, by multiple agencies, of information about a child suspect.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
19/03/2025: Broader curriculum ‘good start’ for disadvantaged pupils
The government’s planned overhaul of the school curriculum will go some way to helping disadvantaged pupils, but more work is needed by ministers to tackle teacher shortages and lack of funding for schools, a charity is warning.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
19/03/2025: Government ends placement of girls in Young Offenders Institutions: a step forward for girls in custody but more still to be done
The government has immediately implemented the first recommendation of Susannah Hancock’s independent review into girls in the Children and Young People Secure Estate (CYPSE): girls will no longer be placed in Young Offender Institutions.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
17/03/2025: Poorest children missing more school and further behind after Covid
The poorest children are missing more school and falling further behind classmates, research shared with the BBC suggests.
17/03/2025: Boys learn ways to combat toxic masculinity
Teenagers are being taught that they do not have to conform to dangerous stereotypes about masculinity they see online.
17/03/2025: An update on the Mental Health Bill’s passage through Parliament
Tim Spencer-Lane summarises the key areas of debate considered by the House of Lords committee tasked with scrutinising the bill to reform the Mental Health Act
17/03/2025: Soaring school absence behind growing attainment gap, report finds
Disadvantaged pupils are falling behind their peers at “disturbing” rates due to accelerating school absence since the Covid-19 pandemic, according to analysis published today.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
17/03/2025: Mental health campaigners urge targeted parenting support
A mental health charity is calling for targeted investment in parenting support in deprived areas after a parent-child bonding programme was found to have reduced rates of postnatal depression among families in poverty.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
17/03/2025: Unauthorised school absence widening ‘disadvantage gap’ in England
Thinktank says unauthorised absence is ‘a leading cause’ of performance gap between disadvantaged pupils and peers
17/03/2025: Social media platforms face huge fines under UK’s new digital safety laws
Platforms must safeguard against content such as terrorist and child sexual abuse material under Online Safety Act.