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07/06/2024: Secondary school heads urge delay in smartphone use
A group of central London secondary schools is encouraging students not to have smartphones until they are in Year 10.
07/06/2024: Resources to support young people interested in volunteering
CYP Now looks at resources to support projects and organisations to involve young volunteers.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
07/06/2024: Significant increase in children with living with vulnerabilities, DfE figures warn
There has been an 82% increase in council funded alternative provision (AP) placements for children not in mainstream school and a 15.4% rise in free school meal (FSM) eligibility since 2018/19, government figures show.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
07/06/2024: Children’s services pressures driving £6.2bn funding gap, LGA warns
Local authorities face a £6.2bn funding gap over the next two years due in part to rising pressures on children’s services, new research from the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
06/06/2024: Would a 1.40pm Friday finish stop teachers quitting?
The number of empty teaching posts in England has more than doubled in the past three years, the latest official figures reveal.
06/06/2024: Two thirds of parliamentary constituencies blighted by high child poverty rates, study warns
At least a quarter of children are living in poverty in two thirds of constituencies being contested during the upcoming general election, a study is warning.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
06/06/2024: ‘How admitting I disliked a child helped me grow as a social worker’
A social worker recalls struggling to connect with a boy she was supporting when newly qualified and how supervision helped her understand the trauma behind his behaviour.
06/06/2024: A quarter of state school pupils in England receiving free school meals
Department for Education data shows a record 2.1 million are eligible, up by 75,000 in a year.
06/06/2024: Parents criticise ‘unforgivable’ delays by Meta in son’s sextortion death case
Ros and Mark Dowey say social media firm delayed handing over key data to police investigating son Murray’s suicide.
05/06/2024: ‘Cautiously consider’ use of unproven violence prevention strategies, schools warned
School and college leaders are being urged by a charity to ‘cautiously consider unproven’ youth violence prevention strategies, including placing police in classrooms and corridors.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
05/06/2024: Most teachers providing food and clothing for disadvantaged children, research warns
More than three-quarters of primary school teachers are spending their own money on basic food and clothing for their pupils, new research warns.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
05/06/2024: SEND funding overhaul ‘should be a major priority’ for next government, says think-tank
Overhauling education funding to ensure schools can better meet rising demand for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) needs to be a priority for the next government, a think-tank is warning.