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Starmer finally outlines new government’s policy on smartphones for under-16s

Starmer has been asked about a smartphone ban for under-16s

The Independent UK

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

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

Some children in care ‘missing from school and becoming invisible’

Some children in care ‘missing from school and becoming invisible’

More than a fifth of school-age unaccompanied children seeking asylum were not in school as of March last year, research shows.

The Independent UK

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Almost QUARTER of children in youth prisons and secure sites are Black, report shows

The damning findings, from the Children’s Commissioner, looked into the children aged 10 to 18 in youth custody in England and Wales as of December 2022

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

The Independent UK

Police strip-searches of children are ‘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.

The Independent UK

Children as young as eight strip-searched by police, report finds

Black youths are disproportionately more likely to be strip-searched than their white peers, report finds

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

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

The Independent UK

One in 10 pupils skipping school due to feeling ‘unsafe’

One in 10 pupils skipping school due to feeling ‘unsafe’

A poll conducted over the last six months found that one in ten children were ‘at risk of disengaging completely’

Evening Standard

There's nothing wrong with lightly smacking your child, education secretary tells parents

There's nothing wrong with lightly smacking your child, education secretary tells parents

Mums and dads 'should be trusted' to make their own decision on smacking, says Nadhim Zahawi

Manchester Evening News

Tech firms ‘need moral compass’ over metaverse child safety, commissioner warns

Tech firms ‘need moral compass’ over metaverse child safety, commissioner warns

Dame Rachel de Souza has criticised Meta and wider social media following new concerns about inappropriate content.

The Independent UK

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