Nearly 100 unregistered alternative providers that educate more than 1,000 children could be operating as illegal schools, a new investigation has found
Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has called for wide-ranging reforms to a system she says is “failing children who often need the greatest support”.
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Father jailed after threatening family court judge
A father who threatened a family court judge has been sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of court. Read the full article in
Covid inquiry unearths more school pandemic ‘chaos’
The government lacked “leadership and determination” to get children back to school as lockdowns were lifted, Baroness Anne Longfield, the former children’s commissioner, has told the Covid inquiry.
20% increase in ‘draconian’ Deprivation of Liberty orders over the last 12 months
Deprivation of Liberty orders vastly outnumber applications to place children in registered secure accommodation as a severe shortage of secure children’s homes bites say The
