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Warning children will be ‘lost outside system’ as homeschooling soars after pandemic

Exclusive: Union leaders say children could ‘become lost outside the system’ without official homeschooling register

The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2023

Online Safety Bill to remove ‘legal but harmful’ content measures

The Government has confirmed the proposed internet safety laws will be refined.

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022

Parents told to buy children phones without internet to protect them from online harm

Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children's Commissioner for England, warned 'we will look back in 20 years' time and be absolutely horrified by what we allowed our children to be exposed to'

Daily Mirror · Nov 20, 2022

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Parents should 'give their children phones without internet access to keep them safe'

The Children’s Commissioner for England has suggested the move to protect children from the "darker side" of the internet

Wales Online · Nov 20, 2022

System for moving asylum-seeking children out of hotels ‘simply cannot cope’

Society ‘cannot and should not’ have such children staying in hotels, said Local Government Association chairman James Jamieson.

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

Police forces asked to provide figures on strip-searches of children

It follows the Child Q scandal, where a teenage schoolgirl was strip-searched by police officers while on her period without another adult present.

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

Children’s commissioner demands ambition, not ‘tinkering’, in childcare reform

Dame Rachel de Souza says No 10’s focus on carer-to-child ratios is ‘depressing’ and now is the time to redefine childcare

The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022

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Next UK leader must be prime minister of families, Children’s Commissioner urges

Family set-up has become ‘far more diverse’ than policymakers have realised, with fewer ‘traditional’ nuclear family units, Dame Rachel de Souza said.

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

Call to put family at centre of policy-making

The Children’s Commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza has published a new report into families.

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2022

Met’s strip-search reply is ‘not good enough’

Data shows 650 children were strip-searched over a two-year period

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2022

650 children subjected to ‘traumatising’ strip-searches by Met in two-year period

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

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2022

Hundreds of children 'subjected to Metropolitan Police strip-searches'

Black boys disproportionately targeted, say figures

Wales Online · Aug 8, 2022

Met Police subjected 650 children to ‘traumatising’ strip-searches

Black boys disproportionately targeted, new data shows

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2022

Hundreds of children subjected to ‘traumatising’ strip-searches by Met – figures

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

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2022

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The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022

Pupils who miss first week of school have higher rates of absence overall

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

Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2022

Tell-tell signals of truancy: was your child in for day one?

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.

Daily Mirror · Jul 5, 2022

'Horrendous' sex education classes for young pupils to be investigated by children's tsar

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

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022

Children’s commissioner shocked by ‘horrendous’ sex education materials

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

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022

Girls do like hard maths, says children’s commissioner for England

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

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022

Girls do like hard maths, says children’s commissioner

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

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

Children’s commissioner calls for 100% attendance in autumn term

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

Evening Standard · May 18, 2022

‘It’s not too difficult’: Children’s Commissioner encourages girls to get into maths

Girls are giving up the subject because they are not encouraged, Dame Rachel de Souza says

Wales Online · Apr 21, 2022

Parents in England 'should be trusted' to make own decision on smacking children

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi rejected call for ban in England, saying mothers and fathers are “entitled” to discipline their youngsters

Manchester Evening News · Apr 21, 2022

England should consider ban on smacking says children's commissioner

Both Scotland and Wales have already outlawed corporal punishment, including smacking and hitting children

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Trust parents to make smacking decisions – Education Secretary

Nadhim Zahawi said he does not believe the state should be ‘nannying’ parents about hot to bring up their children

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