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Tackling bullying – guidance for schools
The Department for Education has published guidance to help schools take action to prevent and respond to bullying, as part of their overall behaviour...
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Focus on mental health in schools
The Department for Education has published results of its research into mental health provision in schools and colleges. The research included a natio...
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Research highlights challenges in responding to harmful sexual behaviour
Research from the National Children’s Bureau has highlighted a lack of confidence in many professionals when dealing with children who are displayin...
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New ADCS president highlights high demand for welfare placements
The new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, Alison Michalska, used her inaugural speech to highlight how demand for we...
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Exam results being prioritised over wellbeing
Over 80% of teachers believe that the focus on exams has become disproportionate to the wellbeing of pupils, according to the mental health charity Yo...
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New draft NICE guideline on improving response to child abuse
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has produced a new draft guideline on child abuse and neglect. It outlines how social wor...
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Concerns over treatment of children under the Prevent strategy
The Open Society Justice Initiative has called on the Government to repeal the Prevent strategy as it says it violates human rights and causes serious...
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Vulnerable children inadvertently ‘re-retraumatised’
Report by mental health charity YoungMinds has claimed that schools, social workers, police and NHS staff may be inadvertently re-traumatising vulnera...
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