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22/07/2024: Starmer says skills shake-up will help young people
Labour’s planned new body to oversee training in England will open up opportunities for young people, Sir Keir Starmer says.
22/07/2024: SEND inclusion to be key focus of government’s curriculum review
Barriers faced by disadvantaged children and those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in mainstream schools will be central to a government-commissioned review of the school curriculum.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
22/07/2024: AI-generated videos of child sexual abuse a ‘stark vision of the future’
AI-generated imagery of child sexual abuse has progressed at such a ‘frightening’ rate that the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is now seeing the first convincing examples of AI videos depicting the sexual abuse of children.
(Source: Internet Watch Foundation)
21/07/2024: New bullying film stars children in care
Children in care in Staffordshire feature in a new short film exploring the impact of bullying to help train social workers.
19/07/2024: Term-time holiday fines here to stay – Phillipson
Parents should not take their children on term-time holidays and have a responsibility to keep them in school, the new education secretary has told the BBC.
19/07/2024: Puberty blocker curb has not led to suicide rise – review
There is no evidence of a large rise in suicides in young patients attending a gender identity clinic in London, an independent review, external has found.
19/07/2024: Disabled children among hardest hit by lack of holiday childcare places
Children with disabilities are among those set to be most adversely impacted by a reduction in holiday childcare places this summer.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
18/07/2024: Record year for school suspensions and exclusions
England has seen record numbers of school suspensions and exclusions in a single school year, Department for Education figures show.
18/07/2024: School holidays the ‘loneliest time’ for carers
The school holidays can be a very isolating time for children like Isac, who act as carers for family.
17/07/2024: Councils share £30mn to help children in care build relationships with friends and family
The Department for Education is investing £30mn to increase the reach of a programme to help children in care build and mend relationships with friends, family and trusted adults in their lives such as teachers.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
17/07/2024: Government announces new child poverty unit
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced a new cross-government child poverty unit. The new child poverty unit, based in the Cabinet Office, will bring together external child poverty expert and cross-government officials to create an “ambitious strategy” to tackle rising child poverty
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
17/07/2024: ‘Why parents in the child protection system need advocacy’
Child protection processes can make parents feel stigmatised and disempowered, but giving them an advocate can help them participate and feel they have someone in their corner, writes researcher Fiona Long