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FA film outlining four key steps to safeguarding launched

The Football Association (FA) has launched a new film outlining the four key steps to safeguarding children. It features footballers Wayne Rooney, Ste...
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Children denied basic things they need to develop and thrive

The Children’s Rights Alliance for England’s (CRAE) annual assessment of what life is like for children in England has found that increasing numbe...
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Number of SCRs drops to three-year low

Ofsted’s analysis of its data about child deaths and serious harm has revealed an almost 20% drop in the number of serious case reviews (SCRs) carri...
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Alarming number of trafficked children going missing from care

A report from ECPAT UK and Missing People has found that an alarming number of trafficked and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are going missing ...
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Rise in appropriate housing for care leavers

The number of children being placed in inappropriate housing such as bed and breakfast accommodation has fallen by 35% in two years, research by Barna...
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Child protection enquiries rise again

Department for Education statistics have shown a year-on-year rise in the number of child protection cases, with the number of children subject to sec...
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Shorter family court proceedings have improved care placement stability

A University of Anglia study into the impact of shorter family court care proceedings found that more children ended up in stable placements, and that...
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Cyber-bullying up by 88% in 5 years

The number of children and young people contacting Childline about cyber-bullying has risen to 4,541 in 2015/16, compared to 2,410 in 2011/12 – a ri...
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Nearly half of children living in poverty in parts of the UK

Figures from the End Child Poverty coalition have revealed that there are more than 3.5 million children living in poverty in the UK, and that in some...