Daily roundup 7 September: Sex crimes, serious case review, and parenting tips

More than 5,500 alleged sex crimes in UK schools were reported to police in the last three years. The BBC reports that freedom of information requests sent to all forces showed there had been reports of almost 4,000 alleged physical sexual assaults and more than 600 rapes. Around one in five of all offences were alleged to have been carried out by children.


The mother of two boys who were burned to death by their father warned Cafcass he posed a threat five months before the murder, a serious case review has revealed. The Mirror reports that Claire Throssell applied to the family court to prevent Darren Sykes contacting his sons Paul, 12 and Jack, nine. The serious case review concluded a Cafcass officer had not read Throssell's court application "in its entirety and overlooked some of the concerns that she raised".


The government has launched a new online tool for schools to give parents advice and tips on preparing their children for adult life. The Department for Education said the Parent Info tool will provide parents with advice on issues children face such as managing money, spotting signs of self harm and having a healthy body image.


Single parents on low incomes face declining living standards over the next five years even if they work full time, research commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has claimed. The Guardian reports a comprehensive analysis of the impact of chancellor George Osborne’s summer budget identifies single-parent families as one of the groups to be hit hardest by the changes announced in July.


Mothers and fathers are saving £8,000 a year by allowing grandparents to babysit their children and drive them around, research has found. The Telegraph reports the help of an estimated 14 million grandparents in the UK saves British parents a combined £56bn each year.