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Pupils absent from class during exam years ‘more likely to receive worse GCSEs’

More than a third of pupils in England were persistently or severely absent in either Year 10 or Year 11 in 2020/21 and 2021/22, analysis found.

The Independent UK

Vaping policy must be as strong as smoking plans, says Children’s Commissioner

The Government has launched an eight-week consultation on vaping amid concerns of a rise in popularity among young people.

The Independent UK

Children’s commissioner calls for urgent clarity on schools’ trans policy after Sunak ‘U-turn’

Dame Rachel de Souza says teachers, families and pupils are “crying out for” guidance for schools

The Independent UK

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Campaign launched to hear voices of young people ahead of general election

The latest survey is a follow-up to The Big Ask which reached 500,000 young people in 2021.

The Independent UK

Schools in England urgently need transgender guidance, says children’s tsar

Rachel de Souza says long-delayed guidance should be issued as soon as possible as teachers and families want clarity

The Guardian - UK

Clarity urgently needed on transgender guidance for schools, says commissioner

Dame Rachel de Souza said schools always try to do their ‘pastoral best’ but there is a need for clear guidance on a standard approach.

The Independent UK

Huge moral case to support children says commissioner amid benefit cut reports

Dame Rachel de Souza said now is a ‘really big moment for us as a nation to support our children and back our children’.

The Independent UK

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Put children at heart of pandemic inquiry, Covid chairwoman told

Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has written to Baroness Heather Hallett, urging her to prioritise young people.

The Independent UK

Ministers urged to ‘rocket boost’ fostering to alleviate shortage of carers

The UK needs 7,200 more foster families, according to the Fostering Network.

The Independent UK

Patients ‘not thin enough’ for help as NHS battles eating disorder crisis

‘Patients are being told to lose more weight or come back when you’re more ill’, patient warns

The Independent UK

Almost half of under-18s wait three months for eating disorder treatment

The Children’s Commissioner for England said the NHS figures were ‘worrying’.

The Independent UK

Disposable vapes must be banned, says Children's Commissioner

Dame Rachel de Souza says children feel under pressure to vape

Wales Online

Ministers urged to restrict marketing of vapes to children in England

Rachel de Souza points to research showing evidence about pressure to vape and its subsequent effects

The Guardian - UK

Disposable e-cigarette ban needed to stop kids vaping, says Children's Commissioner

Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza warned the 'Wild West' e-cigarette market is in urgent need of stricter regulation as figures show some 16% of 11 to 17-year-olds have tried vaping

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The Independent UK

Disposables vapes must be banned to protect children – commissioner

Dame Rachel de Souza said it was ‘insidious these products are intentionally marketed and promoted to children’.

Manchester Evening News

Warning over children copying abusive sexual behaviour and sick sex acts after watching pornography online

Acts carried out include strangulation, choking or slapping

The Independent UK

Violence in pornography referenced in child-on-child sex abuse cases – research

The most common acts documented were name-calling while the most common category of sexual violence was physical aggression.

Daily Mirror

Warning over 140,000 'ghost children' missing from school last summer

Figures by the Department of Education show more than 140,000 schoolkids were “severely absent” in the summer of 2022, leading to fears children are falling through cracks

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The Independent UK

Police need ‘draconian’ powers to strip-search children, says minister

The Home Office’s Sarah Dines was involved in a series of heated exchanges with Labour MPs after a report found safeguarding concerns.

The Independent UK

Minister: I assume police have very good reasons to conduct child strip-searches

Groans were heard from peers as Lord Sharpe of Epsom made the comment while discussing concerns over Children’s Commissioner’s office research.

Daily Mirror

Worst police forces for strip searching children as young as eight ranked

The strip searches have been carried out by police forces across the country. The Met tops the list with Hertfordshire, Thames Valley, Merseryside and Essex close behind

The Independent UK

Child strip-search report findings deeply concerning, says policing minister

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said it shares concerns about the ‘widespread and serious failings across police forces’.

Manchester Evening News

The number of strip-searches of children by police in Greater Manchester

A report looking at the national picture after the Child Q scandal reveals children as young as eight have been strip-searched - with almost 3,000 searches taking place over a four-year period across the country

The Independent UK

Police strip searching children as young as eight, damning report finds

Study by Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza found that more than a third of children strip-searched were black

Wales Online

Police strip-searches of thousands of children were ‘racist and traumatising’, say charities

The Children’s Society and the Runnymede Trust have hit out in the wake of a damning report by Dame Rachel de Souza

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