The Daycare Trust is recommending that the review of the National Curriculum in England should make first aid training compulsory for secondary school students. The call follows the charity’s report into the use of babysitters in Britain, which examined the experiences of young babysitters, parents’ satisfaction, and child safety and welfare issues. It found that some young babysitters feel inexperienced and unprepared for “near miss” incidents such as choking and falls.
A third of people believe more vocational qualifications should be offered to GCSE pupils, according to the research group Kantar. When asked how the current set-up could be improved, 34 per cent of the 6,000 respondents said having more vocational qualifications would add value to the existing system. Sixty-one per cent of 18- to 24-year-olds said GCSE exams should be spread over two years, to help even out the pressure for pupils sitting all subjects at 16.
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