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22/11/2024: Call for evidence on links between youth violence and social media
The Youth Select Committee has launched a call for evidence as part of its inquiry into the links between social media and youth violence.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
21/11/2024: Primary school pupil suspensions in England double in a decade
The rate at which primary school pupils are being suspended from state schools in England has more than doubled in a decade, BBC analysis suggests.
20/11/2024: Social media ban for under-16s ‘on the table’ in UK
A possible ban on social media for under-16s in the UK is “on the table”, the technology secretary Peter Kyle has told the BBC.
20/11/2024: Government to create new type of accommodation for children at risk of deprivation of liberty
Policy designed to fill gap in provision for children with complex needs and trauma that has seen huge rise in number subject to High Court deprivation of liberty orders and placed in unregistered settings.
20/11/2024: Knife crime ‘blighting the lives of too many children’ in England, warn inspectors
Ofsted report says serious youth violence affecting children as young as 11.
20/11/2024: Serious youth violence more far-reaching than many realise
Ofsted, the CQC, HMICFRS and HMI Probation have today published a report that finds serious youth violence is more far-reaching than many adults realise, affecting children all over England and leaving a serious impact on communities.
19/11/2024: Special educational needs system ‘has burst’
Children with complex needs are being sent to private schools up to 200 miles away from home because there is not enough capacity in the state system, a BBC investigation has found.
18/11/2024: Children’s social care strategy: new measures to tackle ‘profiteering’ providers
Curtailing profit levels made by private care providers is to be the cornerstone of a new children’s social care strategy to be launched by the government today (Monday).
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
18/11/2024: Government urged to end the wilful neglect of teenagers in care
As the new government promises (18 November 2024) “a more secure life for children across the country”, and legislation that will transform the children’s care system, children’s rights campaigners urge it to end the wilful neglect of teenagers in care.
16/11/2024: Why the CofE and other big institutions still fail to protect children from abuse
“Prolific, brutal and horrific” – these words sum up four decades of abuse meted out by John Smyth and affecting scores of boys in the UK and Africa.
14/11/2024: Youth club closures increase crime rate and exam failure among young people, report finds
Young people are more likely to perform worse at school and be involved in crime due to “austerity-induced” youth club closures over the last 14 years, a report has found.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
14/11/2024: How do children and parents feel about the impact of smartphones and social media?
For many young people being online and using technology is just a part of life. Schools give out homework that has to be submitted on an app, extracurricular activities are managed on WhatsApp groups, and spending time with friends means keeping up a steady Snapchat exchange.