The call is one of six core demands in the report Guess How Much We Love You - a Manifesto for Children - which commissioner Anne Longfield is urging political parties to include in their own upcoming general election manifestos.
It follows a recent recommendation of the cross-party home affairs committee, to respond to the "social emergency" caused by rising levels of youth violence, by basing police in schools.
Longfield is also calling for any incoming government to extend the Troubled Families Programme or an equivalent system of family support.
Last week's short term spending round confirmed the programme would be extended for a year to April 2021, but gave no figures.
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