250k suspensions from schools in just one term breaks all records
School suspensions have hit record levels with nearly a quarter of a million suspensions from school in the 2022 Autumn term affecting 135,000 children and…
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Social breakdown threatens the Mental Health of over 2 Million Children
More than two million children are in danger of developing a mental illness by 2030 as the nation’s fraying social fabric takes an increasingly heavy…
Ministers ‘in the dark’ over education of 20,000 vulnerable pupils
Cost to taxpayer as high as £49,000 a year for a single unregistered placement. At least 20,000 children, many excluded from mainstream schools, are being taught…
School absence risks tidal wave of youth crime, new analysis reveals
New analysis from the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) reveals that soaring rates of school absence risks creating 9,000 extra young offenders by 2027 if…
50k prison-leavers to plug labour shortages – new report urges
Britain would save billions of pounds of taxpayer money and plug many of its more than one million job vacancies if it revitalised its efforts…
Nearly 2 million children missing school regularly after post-Covid surge in home education, report finds
Nearly two million children in England are missing from school, according to a new study from a leading think-tank warning that classroom attendance has reached…
Three quarters of Brits would be happy to work with former prisoners, new poll finds
Three quarters of UK adults (76 per cent) would be comfortable working alongside former prisoners who have passed safeguarding checks, according to a new poll commissioned by leading think-tank the…
Nearly 800 schools have a class of ‘ghost children’ missing every day since Covid lockdown
The equivalent of a whole class of children in 758 schools across the country has not fully returned to lessons since the start of the Covid pandemic – and the problem may be getting worse, according…
PM’s ‘levelling up’ dream can be realised by ensuring most of the Government’s £290 billion annual private contract budget goes to UK firms in left behind areas
#LevellingUp @CSJthinktank – The poorest parts of Britain could gain spectacularly from #Brexit if ministers cashed in on their new-found powers and insisted that most…
Parents back longer school day for more sport and drama, new poll reveals
Most parents back radical new plans to extend the school day to give more time to extra-curricular activities such as sport and drama, according to…