Scottish government funds trauma specialist
The Scottish government has announced almost £250,000 funding for a trauma specialist to lead work across the justice system.
NHS Education for Scotland has been allocated the funding for the new role which will be take on by Dr Caroline Bruce who will work directly with the Victims Taskforce, which was established in November 2018 to [...]
Schools closed to all but vulnerable children and children of key workers
All primary schools, secondary schools and colleges will move to remote learning from today after the prime minister Boris Johnson last night announced a national lockdown in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Education establishments will only remain open for the children of key workers – including social workers, NHS staff and teachers – [...]
Fears raised around children returning to school amid new strain of Covid
Questions around the safety of children returning to primary schools amid the new strain of COVID and rising cases have been raised by teaching unions.
The National Education Union highlighted at the end of December that the minutes of SAGE 74 held on 22nd December reveal that SAGE told ministers that they needed to close schools [...]
Urgent action required at Rainsbrook STC
Inspectorates have demanded ‘urgent action’ to end the unacceptable treatment of vulnerable children at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre.
Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Prisons and Care Quality Commission have issued a rare urgent notification (UN) to the Secretary of State for Justice because of continued poor care and leadership at the MTC-run centre near Rugby calling for [...]
New children’s commissioner for England announced
Education secretary Gavin Williamson has announced the next children’s commissioner for England.
Dame Rachel de Souza will take up the role of children’s commissioner for England in March 2021 and replace Anne Longfield who has held the post since 2015.
Gavin Williamson had named Dame de Souza as his preferred candidate and she had a pre-appointment [...]
Round up of the Year 2020
January
Well, what a year it has been. We started off 2020 with reports of the Coronavirus affecting people living in Wuhan in China, but at this point there seemed no real threat to the UK.
WillisPalmer started the year working on our new website and in January we were reporting on Education Policy Institute research [...]
