Government policies such as the Pupil Premium are failing to reduce educational inequality, a study has found. Research by think-tank Demos found that the attainment gap between poorer and wealthier pupils increasing in half of local authorities.
A married couple are being held in custody after police found their eight young children alone in a filthy home. The Mirror reports that the parents had left their eldest child, aged 11, in charge, even though the youngest child was just months old. The parents have appeared in court on a charge of child neglect.
An amendment to the Children and Families Bill that would have required state schools to teach sex and relationship education has been defeated in the House of Lords. Peers voted against the amendment, introduced by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, to clause 73 of the Bill by 209 votes to 142.
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