Extending the school day would tackle childcare challenge, says children’s commissioner
Extending the school day would be a solution to childcare challenges facing parents, the children’s commissioner for England has proposed.
In Dame Rachel de Souza’s report on her vision for childcare, she says that making childcare manageable and affordable by providing an extended school day would ensure that children can be cared for on school [...]
Children’s commissioner sets 100% attendance target saying education and care system is not working for every child
With one in four children being persistently absent last term, the education and care system is not working for every child in England, the children’s commissioner has warned.
Rachel de Souza said that while some parents choose to educate their children from home for philosophical reasons and because they have the ability and resource to [...]
Almost 1.8 million children persistently absent from school
Almost 1.8 million children are persistently absent from school, the children’s commissioner for England has estimated.
The 1.78m children who were persistently absent were missing over 10% of school sessions while a further 124,000 children were severely absent in the Autumn 2021 term, missing more than 50% of sessions.
The office for the children’s commissioner sent [...]
Rise in children’s poor mental health highlighted by children’s commissioner
The children’s commissioner for England has warned that “we really need to get to grips” with children’s mental health and wellbeing.
In Rachel de Souza’s Big Ask survey revealed 1 in 5 children were not happy with their mental health, and this rose to 2 in 5 for some groups.
While spending by the NHS on [...]
Children’s commissioner: Children are determined to put pandemic behind them
Children and young people struggled during lockdowns, with vulnerable children being the worst affected, the children’s commissioner for England’s Big Ask survey has found.
Dame Rachel de SouzaThe Big Ask was launched by Dame Rachel de Souza after she became children’s commissioner for England and the survey gained 557,077 responses from children in England aged [...]
Children’s commissioner seeks to explore children’s priorities post-COVID
The largest ever consultation undertaken in England has been launched by the children’s commissioner for England.
The ‘Big Ask’, which seeks to explore what children’s priorities are for improving childhood post-COVID, will run from April 19th to May 19th and will form the basis of Dame Rachel de Souza’s ambitious Beveridge-style report [...]
