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Children's Commissioner says schools should stay open 'no matter what'

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 22 October 2020 - Categories: Attendance, Coronavirus
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The Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, has warned of the difficulties of schools sending large groups of pupils home.

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Educational outcomes

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 4 July 2019 - Categories: Apprenticeships, children in care, teachers
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Today’s Education in the Media blog looks at the new drive to help children in care into independent schools, a new advisory group to support headteachers, and the report by the Children’s Commissioner for England on child vulnerability.

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Education in the Media: Wednesday 17 October 2018

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 17 October 2018 - Categories: alternative providers, Child protection, Exclusions, Further education
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Today’s Education in the Media blog focuses on alternative provision, a new report from the Children’s Commissioner, and the funding going into Further Education.

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Education in the media: Wednesday 4 July 2018

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 4 July 2018 - Categories: Child protection, children in care, Independent schools, School spending

Today’s Education in the media blog looks at a report from the Children’s Commissioner about vulnerable children, funding for schools and an Independent School roundtable at Number 10.

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Education in the media: Monday 26 March

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 26 March 2018 - Categories: Education Standards, numeracy

Today’s Education in the media blog looks at the Children’s Commissioner’s report ‘Growing up North’ and universities opening up specialist maths schools for 16- to 19-year-olds.

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Education in the media: 4 July 2017

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 4 July 2017 - Categories: Child protection, Looked after children, Mental Health
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Today’s news review looks at the report by the Children’s Commissioner on vulnerable children.

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Education in the media: 5 January 2017

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 5 January 2017 - Categories: Apprenticeships, Curriculum, Higher Education
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...for their children to learn. Sky interviewed Mark Herbert, head of schools programme at the British Council. The British Council and UCL run the Mandarin Excellence Programme, a DfE-funded programme...

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Education in the media: 24 May 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 24 May 2016 - Categories: Child protection
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Today’s education news review looks at calls from the UK’s four Children’s Commissioners for the law to be changed on smacking as they addressed the United Nations Convention on the...

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