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Ofcom accused of prioritising interests of tech firms over child safety online

Watchdog’s new codes of practice are not strong enough, says children’s commissioner for England

The Guardian - UK

Parents must make tough choices on smartphones, says children’s commissioner for England

Dame Rachel de Souza says parents should look to their own smartphone use and not try to be their children’s friend

The Guardian - UK

Parents should stop being ‘child’s friend’ over phones – children’s commissioner

Nearly a quarter of children spend more than four hours a day on an internet-enabled device, a survey suggested earlier this month.

The Independent UK

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Children have access to porn in the classroom, education union head says in call for phone ban

The National Education Union warns that children currently have access to ‘hardcore pornography’ in the classroom

The Independent UK

Education Secretary: More men needed in classrooms to be positive role models

Bridget Phillipson will speak alongside Dame Rachel de Souza at the commissioner’s inaugural Festival Of Childhood: Our Future, Our Voice.

Evening Standard

How Covid changed children in Britain

Uncertainty, disruption, increased screen use and crippling anxiety are some of the legacies of pandemic school closures

The Guardian - UK

Children in youth custody ‘failed’ before they arrive – Children’s Commissioner

Dame Rachel de Souza has warned secure settings risk turning out ‘hardened criminals with a palpable distrust in the state’ .

The Independent UK

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Child exploitation and ‘cuckooing’ to be made criminal offences

The children’s commissioner has said that new laws will provide ‘clarity that exploited children are victims’

The Independent UK

Children rioted in summer ‘for fun rather than due to online misinformation’

The Children’s Commissioner for England spoke to some of those charged over the disorder.

The Independent UK

Children joined far-right riots as they ‘looked fun’ - not because of racism, children’s commissioner claims

Children got involved in last summer’s riots out of curiosity, anger at the police, or desire to steal, according to the new report - but one Labour MP has called it ‘far off the mark’

The Independent UK

Conservative law to ban phones in schools is ‘gimmick’, Education Secretary says

Bridget Phillipson said a Tory amendment to the schools Bill is unnecessary as she defended removing automatic academisation of failing schools.

Evening Standard

Sara Sharif murder: Children at risk of abuse ‘must not be home educated’

Sara’s father Urfan Sharif and stepmother Beinash Batool were found guilty of murder while her uncle Faisal Malik was guilty of allowing the death.

The Independent UK

Sara Sharif: Keir Starmer says 'questions need to be answered' over abuse and murder of 10-year-old girl

PM calls the murder of 10-year-old Sara Sharif ‘shocking’ and ‘awful’

Evening Standard

Furious children’s commissioner says Sara Sharif failed by social services

Social services closed schoolgirl’s case six days after teachers made a referral over bruises on her face

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Watchdog ‘appalled’ by use of restraint on autistic children at London school

Children’s commissioner Rachel de Souza calls for urgent review after leak of CCTV footage from Whitefield school

The Independent UK

Vulnerable children placed in caravan and Airbnb – Children’s Commissioner

Dame Rachel de Souza said many children are living in ‘highly unsuitable’ placements while deprived of their liberty.

The Independent UK

Domestic violence victim placed in caravan instead of home, damning report finds

Rachel de Souza, England’s children’s commissioner, said her research shows children’s basic rights to safety and happiness are ‘too often being ignored’

The Guardian - UK

Ban smacking in England now, says children’s commissioner

Rachel de Souza makes strongest intervention yet as three relatives go on trial for murder of Sara Sharif, the 10-year-old who allegedly suffered two years of abuse by her father

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The Independent UK

Child strip-searched every 14 hours by police in England and Wales, report finds

Black children remain four times as likely to be strip-searched in new data uncovered following the case of schoolgirl Child Q

The Independent UK

UK warned over treating child asylum seekers crossing Channel in small boats as adults

Exclusive: UN experts urge Home Office to take ‘all necessary measures’ to halt alleged violations of children’s rights

The Guardian - UK

Children’s watchdog to look into young asylum seekers’ treatment at Manston

Rachel de Souza to visit processing facility in Kent as source claims Home Office guidelines are not being followed there

Evening Standard

Standard demands new pupil exclusion category that covers sexist abuse, harassment and violence against girls

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: How many exclusions from school are for sexist abuse? We haven’t a clue because the Department of education doesn’t measure it

The Guardian - UK

If pupils avoid school due to anxiety, the system needs to change

Letters: Prof Diane Reay writes that absenteeism is linked to lack of social support, while Prof Priscilla Alderson says children are being blamed for systemic faults and Dr Lorna Chessum blames draconian school rules and a rigid curriculum

The Independent UK

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.

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