Analysis of the 10- to 17-year-olds appearing in the courts for offences relating to the August riots has revealed that a high proportion had some sort of special educational need and many wereeligible for free school meals.
Child poverty could rise by 800,000 by 2020 warn Oxfam; reading for pleasure link to child academic achievement; and teachers struggle to access autism support, all in the news today.
Head teachers raise concerns about anxiety among pupils; disabled students support funding at risk says charity; and rise in children not getting first school pick; all in the news today.
Government moves to stop teaching of creationism in schools, calls to improve HIV education, and pressure applied to Chancellor over housing benefit plans, all in news roundup today