Vulnerable children offered COVID vaccine
The Health and Social Care Secretary has accepted the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to offer vaccines to vulnerable young people.
The JCVI has advised that children at increased risk of serious COVID-19 disease – including children aged 12 to 15 with severe neurodisabilities, Down’s syndrome, immunosuppression and multiple [...]
Attendance at school drops further due to COVID-19
School attendance rates have fallen further the week before restrictions were lifted, DfE figures have shown.
Attendance rates on 15 July was 76.7% falling from 80.4% on 8 July and 83.4% on 1 July. On 24 June, attendance rates were 87.4%, showing more than a 10% drop in the number of children attending [...]
School attendance rates drop due to COVID-related reasons
School attendance rates have plummeted due to COVID-19-related reasons, Department for Education statistics have shown.
The proportion of students attending schools last week was 80.4% down from 83.4% on 1 July and 87.4% on 24 June.
Attendance in state-funded primary schools was 85.1% on 8 July, down from 87.8% on 1 July and [...]
Vital taskforce set up by IWF to ensure child abuse images are blocked
The most severe images and videos of child abuse and sexual torture are to be assessed and graded by a vital new taskforce.
The new team has been set up by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), and will view, hash (create a digital fingerprint), and classify two million Category A and B images [...]
Ban use of handcuffs on looked after children, urges campaign
The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care provides the perfect opportunity for banning the use of handcuffs on children in care, a campaign is urging.
The ‘Hope instead of Handcuffs’ campaign, led by Serenity Welfare, is holding a round-table event to discuss the alarming use of restraint against innocent children in the UK’s [...]
Government announces regional recovery fund to support vulnerable children
A government funded programme aiming to level up outcomes for vulnerable children has been announced by children’s minister Vicky Ford.
The programme will support Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) abuse, care for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, adolescents and preventing them from being caught up gangs and aims to reduce the pressure on the system by [...]
