Category: Young people

Top English academy trust faces safeguarding review over ‘emotional abuse’ of pupils

Observer investigation into London school has sparked an inquiry into allegations that teachers harmed mental wellbeing of childrenA school in one of England’s leading academy trusts is to face an independent safeguarding...

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UK retailers accused of recruiting young shop workers without rights over Christmas

Lush and Gymshark among chains using apps promoted by TikTok influencers to take on gig economy assistants lacking basic protections, say unionsUnions have accused high-street retailers of drafting in young gig economy store...

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‘Child poverty has got a lot worse’: outgoing charity boss lambasts Tory failures and social media giants

Peter Wanless of the NSPCC calls for more preventive action on child poverty, a ban on ‘morally repugnant’ smacking and favours guardrails online rather than bansThe boss of the UK’s leading children’s...

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Teachers at top academy in Hackney ‘screamed at’ and humiliated pupils, say angry parents

Mossbourne academy accused of bullying and damaging children’s mental health as local authority asked to step inParents have accused an academy school in east London of causing serious harm to children’s mental...

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Green party says Starmer must do more to cut energy use to meet net zero targets – UK politics live

Green party says PM’s target of 81% emissions cut at Cop climate summit is welcome but not enoughLeadbeater introduces the next speaker, Nat Dye, who has terminal cancer. She says she thinks his views are the most...

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Teachers regularly helping pupils in distress in attempt to fill NHS funding gap

Three in four teachers put a pupil’s psychological needs before teaching at least once a week, UK survey revealsTeachers are picking up the pieces of the deepening crisis in children and young people’s mental health,...

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