Daily roundup 22 April: Health promotion, GCSEs, and council chief

Shadow childcare minister Jenny Chapman visited a nursery in her constituency of Darlington as part of National Day Nurseries Association's (NDNA) Healthy Body Happy Me campaign to promote healthy lifestyles. The campaign covers issues including healthy food, dancing, playing outdoors and hygiene.


The variation in outcomes of GCSE results in schools and colleges are not affected by the proportion of children on free school meals, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) has found. The body found that the proportion of pupils with English as an additional language also did not affect differences in exam results.


Durham County Council’s director for children and adult services has been appointed as the new chief executive of Buckinghamshire County Council. The Maidenhead Advertiser reports Rachael Shimmin has held the role at Durham since 2012 and is set to join Buckinghamshire later this year.?


A 17-year-old who drowned in an east London canal “could still be alive” because there was “enough time to save him”, an inquest has heard. The London Evening Standard reports Jack Susianta from Hackney died after getting into the canal after being pursued by police on 29 July last year. Dog walker Kamila Grabowska said he seemed “stressed” and an officer did not enter the water until he had fully submerged.?


Prime Minister David Cameron has been questioned by a 10-year-old Rotherham schoolgirl over his plans for the future of the north of England. The Rotherham Star reports Isabelle Hall won the chance to visit Downing Street after winning a competition and she asked him about his vision for the north of England in 10 years' time.?


A National Union of Students debate on anti-Semitism has been criticised by politicians after it heard arguments against commemorating the Holocaust. The Independent reports John Mann, Labour MP for Bassetlaw, described how some delegates’ comments were “inappropriate, offensive, and point to a disturbing wider ignorance about anti-Semitism” within the union.?