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Learning Inequalities During the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Research
  • Tuesday, September 29, 2020
  • | CYP Now
The majority of children who did not attend school between March and July 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic lost 15 weeks’ face-to-face schooling. Prolonged school closures and the abrupt transition to home-schooling could have severe consequences on students across the UK. Researchers from the University of Southampton set out to discover the impact of home learning on children from different backgrounds.

Leaving Care Report

    Research
  • Tuesday, January 29, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Statistical data and biographical stories record that the life opportunities for young people leaving care has been a cause for major concern for decades. Comparisons between the various placement options are made from the data regarding the final care placement.

Foster-Care Commissioning in an Age of Austerity: The Experiences and Views of the Independent Provider Sector in One English Region

This paper reports findings from a study on the effects of austerity measures on local authority commissioners and independent fostering providers (IFPs) in the year following the coalition government's first Spending Review in 2010. It highlights legal and procedural factors which may present a challenge to effective foster-care provision.

Sexual Harassment in Secondary School: Prevalence and Ambiguities

    Research
  • Wednesday, April 27, 2022
  • | CYP Now
The UK government commissioned Ofsted to undertake a rapid review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges. Findings, published in June 2021, revealed sexual harassment and online sexual abuse are so commonplace for many young people that they see no point in reporting them.