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Young carers spend an average of 25 hours a week looking after loved ones, new research suggests. Their unpaid work is the equivalent of £12,000

One in four 11 to 15-year-olds in England have too little sleep, a World Health Organization study suggests. Read more in BBC News. 

More than 80 per cent of children in England who were in care during school years between the ages of five and 16 also received

The President of the Family Division is going to make a formal request to the Judicial College for those judges who may hear cases involving

Refuge, the UK’s largest domestic violence charity, says that in 2019 72 per cent of service users identified experiencing tech abuse, which can range from

DfE returns to policy of five-yearly visits by the regulator for outstanding schools. Read more in The Guardian

Putting challenging pupils in isolation for extended periods at school can harm their mental health, the Centre for Mental Health (CMH) is warning. Read more

Civil partnerships for opposite sex couples will begin today following Parliament’s October decision to extend civil partnerships from same sex couples only. Entering into a

Some primary schools are searching children for knives at the gates with metal detectors as it emerges pupils as young as seven have been caught