This week, I went to a place that, for many years, was home. I grew up in Scunthorpe. It is where my family – in the words of ...

This report comes at a particular time in our national discussion around education. It is written with this moment in mind. This discussion focuses on the rising numbers of young people who are not in ...

The devastating murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, and the suffering faced by all the girls who survived the attack in Southport in 2024, will never leave me. I ...

As I enter my final year as Children’s Commissioner, one thing is clear: before we make decisions that affect young people, we need to listen to young people. Children’s mental health is no exception.

Demand for children’s mental health services is rising – and rising faster than in previous years – the Children’s Commissioner has warned, as for the first time more than a million children in ...

Aged 16-18? The Children’s Commissioner is recruiting a new Youth Advisory Board for the Department for Education for you to share your experiences with AI and views on AI in Education. Apply here.

For the first time, hundreds of thousands of children will be eligible to vote in the next general election at age 16, the biggest change to the franchise in half a century – yet just one in five ...

Few issues have defined my tenure as Children’s Commissioner so sharply as the strip searching of children by police. As a former teacher and headteacher of 30 years, I thought I was hardened to the ...

Parenting today can feel overwhelming — especially when childhood looks so different from what we grew up with. There’s no manual, and it can be hard to keep up with the fast-changing digital world ...

Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza said: “Today I’m thinking about all those who loved and cared about Sara. This review rightly recognises our collective outrage – and that it must never ...

This week, as hearings for Module 8 of the Covid Inquiry begin, we are reminded once again of the profound and lasting impact the pandemic has had on children’s lives. The Inquiry provides an ...

Children in England are facing ‘Dickensian levels’ of poverty, going without basic needs like heating, a place to wash, somewhere to eat breakfast, or safe transport to school. Frank testimonies from ...