An investigation to locate so-called “ghost children” who have fallen off the radar during the pandemic is to be launched by England’s children’s commissioner, the Observer can reveal, amid growing concerns over their welfare.
In an intervention further highlighting the concerns over the whereabouts of tens of thousands of children, Rachel de Souza said she would immediately begin an exhaustive inquiry to find missing students in 10 areas to assess why they have disappeared from official view.
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Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under government plans
The government will seek to make phone bans in schools statutory by introducing an amendment in the House of Lords to the Children’s Wellbeing and
100 staff to transfer as another children’s charity joins Coram network
Family Lives, registered as a charity in 1999 under the name Parentline Plus, joined the Coram Group today, with its 150 volunteers also transferring to
Pupils in England are losing their thinking skills because of AI, survey suggests
Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving Read the full article in the Guardian here.