Daily roundup: abuse disclosures, social worker applications and eating disorders

Research carried out into disclosing childhood abuse has found that just 58 per cent of the young people interviewed had their disclosure acted upon by those they told. Of the 203 instances of disclosure involving 60 young people, 117 were acted upon by the adult they told, the NSPCC research found. The study also finds that four out of five interviewees reported the abuse before they turned 18-years-old.

A new fast track social worker training course has received applications from more than 1,000 graduates in just one week. The Independent reports that Frontline has been flooded with applications since the programme opened last Monday, despite the profession coming under scrutiny recently following investigations into the deaths of two-year-old Keanu Williams and four-year-old Hamzah Khan. Frontline has 100 places available on the course, which starts next summer.

Eating disorders charity Beat says young people are being left on waiting lists for treatment for too long. The charity says delays to receiving treatment can make young people’s conditions much worse, Newsbeat reports. The government insists it wants mental health patients, including those with eating disorders, to be treated equally to patients with physical problems.

A Muslim free school in Derby has reopened almost a week after it was closed during an Ofsted inspection. The Al-Madinah school closed last Tuesday, citing "health and safety concerns", after one day of inspections. The BBC cites sources as saying the school has been rated inadequate in all areas by Ofsted, but a final report has not yet been filed.

Swindon Council has launched a consultation seeking views on a potential shortfall of secondary school places. The local authority, which has created more than 676 additional primary school places in the past seven years, predicts an increase of 170 secondary school places by 2018. The findings of the consultation will inform proposals in a cabinet report, which will be published in February next year. The consultation closes on 22 November.