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Schools 'propping up welfare state' during pandemic, researchers warn

Thursday, October 14, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted how schools are “propping up the welfare state” by providing families with food, clothing and signposting to support services, researchers have said.

UK’s ‘strictest headteacher’ to lead Social Mobility Commission

News

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

The headteacher of a school dubbed “the strictest in Britain” has been appointed chair of the Social Mobility Commission.

School meal shortages and end of Universal Credit uplift spark child poverty warning

News

Friday, October 1, 2021

A school canteen provider has urged school catering staff to “stock up” on long-life products due to the impact of delivery driver shortages on supply chains.

Damian Hinds announces education drive for disadvantaged areas

News

Friday, January 19, 2018

New Education Secretary unveils plans to drive up standards by supporting underperforming schools and increase opportunities in areas most in need.

Social mobility board quits in protest at 'lack of government action'

News

Sunday, December 3, 2017

All four members of the board of the Social Mobility Commission have quit in protest at a lack of support from government.

Councils 'should produce local strategies' to boost life chances

News

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Every local authority should develop its own strategy for improving life chances for disadvantaged children in order to tackle widening gaps in social mobility across the country.

Election 2017: Party Policy Guide

Features

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Neil Puffett has trawled the manifestos to provide the definitive guide to what the three main UK-wide parties pledge on key issues for children, young people and families.

Creating a country that works for all children

Opinion

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

When Theresa May became Prime Minister she promised that the UK would be a "country that works for everyone". It's a wonderful and bold aspiration.

Boost early years support to improve social mobility, commission says

News

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

The early years pupil premium should be doubled as part of efforts to combat worsening life chances for children and young people across the UK, the Social Mobility Commission has said.

Government's toxic approach to education is beyond satire

Other

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Every now and then, I think about writing a satirical column on education, but before I get round to it, the world has proved that my most extreme ideas are too tame.

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

Other

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Measures announced in the Chancellor's Spending Review will result in core funding for councils falling 24 per cent in real terms over the next four years. How will this affect children, young people and their families?

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

News

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Poor children in the north of England are faring worse by the age of five than their counterparts in London, a study has found.

Legal Update: In a nutshell - Provision of free school meals

Other

Monday, October 12, 2015

The government has reiterated its commitment to the provision of free school meals to all children aged between five and seven.

Child benefit to be docked if parents fail to pay truancy fines

News

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Parents will have their child benefit payments docked if they fail to pay truancy fines Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the UK government's response to the refugee crisis and foster care provision for refugee children.

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