06/04/2024: Boys asking teachers how to choke girls during sex
Boys as young as 14 have been asking their teachers how to choke girls during sex, a teacher has told the BBC.
05/04/2024: Support positive masculinity in England and Wales schools, union conference told
Boys and young men need guidance, not punishment, to avoid ‘manosphere’, teacher tells NEU.
05/04/2024: Teachers’ union leader calls for inquiry into misogyny among young men in UK
Daniel Kebede accuses government of failing to tackle issue of sexism and its spread online among children.
04/04/2024: Partnership project aims to improve evaluation of family group conferences
A new partnership project aims to better understand the data that local authorities are collecting on the use of family group conferences (FGCs).
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
04/04/2024: Sibling contact events ‚’could help local authorities to improve long-term relationships’
Events designed to allow children in care to reconnect with separated siblings could help local authorities to support future meaningful contact, according to an evaluation of an early pilot programme.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
04/04/2024: School staff raise concerns over shortage of support workers for SEND pupils
Three quarters of school staff say more learning support assistants are needed for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), according to a new report.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
04/04/2024: One in three teachers have no behaviour support for pupils with additional needs, poll finds
Long waiting lists and insufficient resources part of system that is ‘failing’ children, according to NEU members in England and Wales.
03/04/2024: More than half of British teenagers think their generation will be worse off than their parents, poll finds
Some teenagers surveyed in YouGov poll felt ‘hopeless’ about their future.
01/04/2024: Police investigate virtual sex assault on girl’s avatar
Police are investigating a virtual sexual assault of a girl’s avatar, the chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners has said.
31/03/2024: UK‚ black children ‘face cultural barriers’ in accessing help for autism and ADHD
Campaigner Marsha Martin says ‘there is a lot of stigma within black community’ that prevents issues from being discussed.
31/03/2024: Cold, damp, unsafe: record number of UK schools refused funding for repairs
DfE allocates £450m to 826 building projects at 733 schools, a fall of almost 60% ‚Äì in terms of total projects ‚Äì compared with 2020-21
28/03/2024: Report Harmful Content Sees 31% Rise in Reports Over 2023
Report Harmful Content has published its latest data from 2023, giving new insights into how the service supported people across the United Kingdom to report harmful content online, whilst demonstrating the extent of harmful content individuals viewed from January to December 2023.