Lockdown could be ‘dangerous time for victims of domestic abuse’
Nicole Westmarland, professor of Criminology, Durham University, and Rosanna Bellini PhD candidate in Digital Civics, Newcastle University, discuss how a lockdown…
Children
Schools, colleges and early years settings to close
Schools will close from Monday, except for children of key workers and vulnerable children After schools shut their gates on…
Ofsted suspends all routine inspections
The Secretary of State has allowed Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector to temporarily suspend all routine inspections of schools, further education,…
Internet poses ‘risk of immeasurable harm’ to children
A report by The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has highlighted an explosion in child sexual abuse facilitated…
Doing ‘the right thing’ for mental health services makes financial sense
Investing in local children and young people’s mental health services improves care at a lower cost, according to a report…
UK in danger of failing a generation of children
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) is calling on the government to ‘prioritise preventative health services’. This…
NAHT battle to protect maintained nursery schools
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), and education charity, Early Education, have written to 100 local authorities in England…
Childcare costs rising well ahead of inflation
Britain’s parents are paying 5% more for childcare for the under-twos than they were one year ago, a survey by…
