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Information obtained by the Children’s Commissioner showed black boys were disproportionately targeted

Black boys disproportionately targeted, say figures

Black boys disproportionately targeted, new data shows

Information obtained by the Children’s Commissioner showed that 650 children – mostly black boys – underwent the ‘intrusive’ searches.

New analysis shows that pupils who miss days at the start of term have much poorer rates of attendance than their peers.

Schools should intervene to help children who miss one of the first days of the new school term because they are more likely to go on to have high levels of absence, the children’s commissioner warned on Thursday.

Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza expressed alarm after a Tory MP told her of concerns from constituents, including a 9-year-old who had been taught about rape

Dame Rachel de Souza said she would be looking into the teaching of relationships and sex education in schools.

Rachel de Souza says lack of female role models a bigger issue, after social mobility head said girls would ‘rather not’ do hard maths

Dame Rachel de Souza appears to criticise fellow government tsar in comments about girls taking physics

Rachel de Souza announces new drive for all children to attend school from first day of 2022 autumn term.