21/04/2024: UK children bombarded by gambling ads and images online, charity warns
Young people feel their internet activity is overwhelmed by betting promotions and similar content, says GambleAware.
19/04/2024: Ofcom: Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones
Nearly a quarter of UK five-to-seven-year-olds now have their own smartphone, Ofcom research suggests.
19/04/2024: Three in four primary schools cutting TA numbers despite SEND demand rising
Three quarters of primary school headteachers are cutting teaching assistant (TAs) numbers, a survey has found.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
19/04/2024: English primary schools cutting teacher numbers amid budget pressure, survey finds
Rising inflation and falling pupil numbers also forcing schools to cut spending on extracurricular activities
18/04/2024: School suspensions: England set for highest number in school year
England is on course for the highest number of school suspensions in a single year, figures show.
18/04/2024: Children with SEND disproportionately excluded from primary school, research finds
Almost all primary school aged children who experience exclusions have a special educational need or disability (SEND), research has found.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
18/04/2024: Programme launches to distribute £3.6mn to support care leavers
A programme that will see £3.6 million handed to care leavers initiatives across England has been launched.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
18/04/2024: Free Loaves on Fridays: Anthology of 100 care experienced voices published
A new anthology containing the voices of 100 children and adults about their experience in care is now available in bookshops.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
17/04/2024: Paedophiles could be stripped of parental rights under new law
Paedophiles convicted of serious sexual offences could lose parental rights over their children under a new law.
17/04/2024: Protect children from smacking in England and Northern Ireland, say doctors
Smacking children should be made illegal in England and Northern Ireland, say children’s doctors, calling current laws “unjust and dangerously vague”.
17/04/2024: Youth work improvement initiative to tackle ‘fragmentation’ of services
An initiative is launching that aims to gather the views of a cross-sector group of 10,000 professionals to find ways to improve support for young people.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
17/04/2024: MPs back plans to tackle youth vaping
MPs have backed major plans to tackle youth vaping and smoking including a ban on the marketing of vaping products aimed at children.