Revealed: British attitudes towards paid parental leave and childcare
Parental leave and childcare considerations have a massive impact on parents, carers, employers, communities and most importantly, children's lives.
For that reason, Easy Offices surveyed 2,000 people across the UK asking how they felt about topics related to parental leave and childcare to ascertain what impacts...
Internet Matters today releases its first ever index to track children’s wellbeing in a digital world – and it reveals the vital role that parents’ own habits play in their child’s growth and experiences.
The Index is the result of 12-month project that studied children and parents from the same household about young people’s behaviours, experiences and impacts of their online lives....
Free confidential and impartial support to help people make a Universal Credit claim will continue to be delivered across Great Britain for the fourth year running.
From: Department for Work and Pensions and David Rutley MP
The Department for Work and Pensions ‘Help to Claim’ support will be delivered independently by Citizens Advice, in partnership with Citizens Advice Scotland,...
Changes to how these GCSEs will be assessed in future confirmed by Ofqual.
From: Ofqual
Changes to how GCSEs in French, German and Spanish will be assessed in future have been confirmed today by Ofqual.
They are needed because the government is changing from 2024 how students will be taught and assessed in these subjects - to help young people develop their language skills...
Two people and a charitable trust have pleaded guilty to running an illegal school, following an investigation by Ofsted.
From: Ofsted
In a hearing at Sheffield Magistrate’s Court, Shahjan Yasmin Hussain, Chair of Trustees; Dr Shathea Zamzam, Manager; and Yorkshire Tuition Centre have admitted to running an unregistered school.
The case was heard on 5 January 2022 and is the...
Parents are more likely to take action against climate change if observed by their children, a study reveals.
The study, carried out in Innsbruck, Austria, looked at how to motivate ‘voluntary climate action’ across the generations, focusing on parents and children.
The researchers paid 368 parents 69€ each and asked how much of the money they wanted to keep and how much they would...
Face-to-face education prioritised as it is important for pupils’ education and wellbeing
From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP
Published 2 January 2022
Thousands of new air filters and further temporary measures will be introduced to protect face-to-face education and minimise disruption, ahead of the pupils returning to the classroom this week....
Children could be exposed to more intense and damaging parental conflict this Christmas as heightened economic pressures put strains on parents’ relationships
A YouGov survey of 1,053 parents of children aged 18 and under in Britain, commissioned by research charity and What Works Centre, the Early Intervention Foundation, has found that 56% of those who celebrate Christmas worry about their...
How to speak to your children about Organ Donation
80% of adults in England say they would consider becoming a donor, but fewer than 42.5% have registered a decision, whatever it is, on the organ donation register
4% of organ donors in 20/21 were children aged 0-17
More organ donations from children and young people are needed to save the lives of children, babies
