This study for the Department for Education explores bullying among pupils aged 14 to 16, using longitudinal data on young people and their families, pupil attainment figures and school-level information. It finds that white young people and those with disabilities or learning difficulties were more likely to be bullied, but there was no variation across socio-economic groups. www.education.gov.uk
Relationship Difficulties and Help-seeking Behaviour
Another piece of research published by the Department for Education, this study seeks to identify good practice in preventing and overcoming relationship problems among couples. www.education.gov.uk
Facts and figures on...
34,100 children were the subject of a child protection plan in England at 31 March 2009. The corresponding figures for the previous three years were 29,200 in 2008, 27,900 in 2007 and 26,400 in 2006.
Department for Education. Commons Hansard, 24 June 2010, cols. 332-335W
972,000 16- to 24-year-olds in England (16.2 per cent) were not in education, employment or training in 2009. This ranged from 29 per cent of 16- to 24-year-olds in Sandwell to six per cent in Harrow.
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Commons Hansard, 20 July 2010, cols. 301-305W.
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