Education News (LIVE)

Latest news…

• How hot does it have to be for schools to close during UK

• UK government looking at social media ‘app caps’ for children

• New guidance outlines best practice for introduction of School Streets schemes

Past News…

• What is Ofsted and how will the new school ratings work?

• Home education is on the rise in London

• Education Secretary appoints new chair of Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel

• Pupils and teachers voice fears over 'staggering' decision to remove specialist police officers from London schools

• Officers partner with schools using automatic referrals to protect children at risk of domestic abuse

• A third of teachers reported misogyny among pupils last week, survey suggests

• National child protection agency to provide oversight of practice in England

• What the Online Safety Act is - and how to keep children safe online

• Britain's leading the way protecting children from online predators 

• Ofsted sets out proposals for fairer education inspections and new, more detailed report cards 

• Five grades, up to 11 areas: Ofsted’s report card plans revealed 

• Plan to make phone use safer for teens watered down 

• The crisis in UK higher education is a national security issue 

• Children’s bill to keep children safe from exploitation 

• Safeguarding reforms at risk from shortage of home education staff, warns ADCS head 

• Ofsted chief questions school safeguarding spot checks 

• Parental mental health biggest cause of child protection referrals in England 

• Hackney Council urges Education Secretary to help with ‘intolerable’ unregistered schools dilemma 

• Safeguarding: What UK educators could expect in 2024/25 

• Schools accused of ‘toxic and humiliating culture’ 

• The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: what parents need to know   

• Tackling the knife crime epidemic through education 

• Spiking warning for students 

Statistics

💡1 in 6 young people report mental health struggles (Source)

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💡As of March 31, 2024, there were nearly 400,000 children classified as “in need” in England, equating to approximately 1 in every 30 children (Source)

💡Between April 2023 and March 2024, the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel received 330 serious incident notifications and reviewed 82 local child safeguarding practice reviews (Source)

💡Only 40% of children in England consistently feel safe at school, indicating significant concerns about the school environment (Source)

💡Just two in five pupils in England always feel safe in school (Source)

💡34% of educators have a new concern disclosed to them on a weekly basis (Source)

💡85% believe there are more safeguarding concerns now than 5 years ago (Source)

💡 Child grooming in the west up by 62%, report finds (Source) 

💡 More than 90% of teachers say that safeguarding referrals have risen (Source)