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A new initiative aims to improve communication, as as pupils lacking speech and language skills more likely to be excluded and caught up in violence

Exclusive: In the fight against knife crime, which Labour has vowed to halve in 10 years, all too often conversations focus on tougher punishments alone. Crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin goes inside the London classroom focused on the root causes of youth violence as they fight to save vulnerable children from…

Headteacher Alan Streeter has turned around Beacon High School, a deprived secondary with a reputation for violence and 300 suspensions a year

Units using Glasgow approach prevented 3,220 hospital admissions, survey estimates, but long-term funding needed

The charter is aimed at boosting pupils' sense of belonging and reducing their likelihood of becoming involved in crime

A City Hall committee was told that governments are reluctant to devote long-term resources to fix the problem

“Violence is preventable, not inevitable”

London’s Violence Reduction Unit has said it wants to drive down exclusions across the capital’s schools, while increasing pupils’ “sense of belonging”

One headteacher acknowledged the 'unfortunate' reality that violence is 'on our doorstep', adding: "We want our young people to be ready for the real world."