A new report from the Children’s Commissioner for England – Advocacy for Children – states that there is a significant group of children being denied access to advocacy despite having a statutory entitlement to it. In some local authorities, fewer than 75 per cent of care leavers’ referrals for advocacy are being taken forward.
Click here to access the report on the Children’s Commissioner website.
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100 staff to transfer as another children’s charity joins Coram network
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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.