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Third of school and college staff face pupil violence

Friday, March 30, 2012

| CYP Now

A third of school and college staff have been faced with physical violence from pupils this academic year, according to a survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).

Violence against teachers in Wales soars

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Friday, February 17, 2012

| CYP Now

The number of violent attacks on teachers has risen by more than a third over the past three years, according to figures obtained by the Welsh Conservatives.

Assaults drive big rise in primary school exclusions

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of primary school children being excluded from school has risen sharply with the increase put down to rising levels of violence and ‘persistent disruptive behaviour'.

Teaching unions warn over impact of behaviour crackdown on children with SEND

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

| CYP Now

Plans to crack down on behaviour management in schools could have a detrimental impact on children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), responses to a government consultation suggest.

Percentage of pupils persistently absent increases

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

| CYP Now

More than 450,000 children missed 15 per cent or more of the autumn and spring terms in the last academic year, government figures have revealed.

Government urged to establish school intervention guidelines

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Friday, April 27, 2012

| CYP Now

Government should introduce protocols setting out how local authorities can intervene in failing or underperforming schools, the body representing council chief executives has said.

SEND cuts 'put children at greater risk of exclusion'

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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

| CYP Now

Cuts to special education needs and disabilities (SEND) support in schools are worsening, leaving children at greater risk of being permanently excluded, a teaching union has warned.

Schools found to be excluding increasing number of autistic children

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Thursday, June 7, 2018

| CYP Now

The number of children with autism being excluded has risen dramatically in recent years, government data has shown, with campaigners claiming they are being "shut out" of schools.

Charity slams academy exclusion practices

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Academies have been criticised for having an "alarmingly higher" rate of pupil exclusions than state schools and for failing to reinstate pupils on appeal.

School students behaviour has worsened over past five years, teachers say

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Friday, April 15, 2011

| CYP Now

The behaviour of both boys and girls at school has got worse, according to the latest survey of education staff.

Children's commissioner exposes extent of illegal exclusions

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

| CYP Now

An average of 10 schools in every council area have sent pupils home without recording them as exclusions, England's children's commissioner has claimed.

Charity predicts increase in truancy due to raising of participation age

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Monday, September 2, 2013

| CYP Now

The rise in the education leaving age to 17, which has come into force this week, will cause the truancy rate to rocket according to Barnardo's.

Call for truancy fines to be deducted from child benefit

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Monday, April 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Parents of children who persistently truant should have fines taken from their child benefit payments, the government's adviser on school behaviour has proposed.

Council data reveals extent of troubled families' problems

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Families involved in the government's Troubled Families initiative have an average of nine social problems when they enter the programme, latest research shows.

Behaviour tsar calls for 'internal inclusion units' in schools

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Friday, March 24, 2017

| CYP Now

Government should fund schools to create internal inclusion units to offer targeted early specialist intervention for children with behavioural problems, a government adviser has said.

Three quarters of autistic pupils say they have been victims of bullying

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Monday, May 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The majority of children with autism have been bullied in school and more than 20 per cent say they have no friends, a study has found.

Behaviour tsar warns of increase in most challenging pupils

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

| CYP Now

The number of challenging school pupils who display "extreme behaviour" is increasing, the government's adviser on behaviour has said.

Strengthen transition from primary to secondary school, says government adviser

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Monday, July 9, 2012

| CYP Now

The government's adviser on pupil behaviour has called for schools to be more supportive of children making the transition from primary to secondary education, in a bid to reduce exclusions.

Peer mentoring scheme extends to Manchester school

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Friday, February 6, 2015

| CYP Now

A youth volunteering programme that sees young people provide mentoring and support for school children has expanded into Manchester.

Schools to be responsible for excluded pupils' education

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Friday, March 18, 2016

| CYP Now

Local authorities will be stripped of their responsibility to commission alternative education provision for excluded pupils, under plans outlined by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan.

Government to change law around term-time holidays

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Friday, May 13, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has announced it intends to change the law around parents taking their children out of school during term-time to go on holiday after the High Court backed a father who refused to pay a fine.

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Third of school and college staff face pupil violence

Violence against teachers in Wales soars

Assaults drive big rise in primary school exclusions

Teaching unions warn over impact of behaviour crackdown on children with SEND

Percentage of pupils persistently absent increases

Government urged to establish school intervention guidelines

SEND cuts 'put children at greater risk of exclusion'

Schools found to be excluding increasing number of autistic children

Charity slams academy exclusion practices

School students behaviour has worsened over past five years, teachers say

Children's commissioner exposes extent of illegal exclusions

Charity predicts increase in truancy due to raising of participation age

Call for truancy fines to be deducted from child benefit

Council data reveals extent of troubled families' problems

Behaviour tsar calls for 'internal inclusion units' in schools

Three quarters of autistic pupils say they have been victims of bullying

Behaviour tsar warns of increase in most challenging pupils

Strengthen transition from primary to secondary school, says government adviser

Peer mentoring scheme extends to Manchester school

Schools to be responsible for excluded pupils' education

Government to change law around term-time holidays

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