Rachel de Souza

A police car burns as officers are deployed on the streets of Hartlepool following a violent protest. PIC: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

The involvement of children in riots shows the need to deal with inequalities
Children who got caught up in last summer’s riots did not necessarily do so for political reasons but underlying political reasons contributed to their actions.

Some 64% of children across the country agreed with the statement 'you enjoy school or college' (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

The regions in England where children enjoy school the most and least

More than 11 thousand children were considered missing from education at some point last year (Photo: Adobe Stock)

What we know about the thousands of children not enrolled in school

A general view of a school safety zone sign. PIC: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

Why the government's poster on truancy is tone deaf - Jayne Dowle

File photo dated 17/01/20 of parents walking their children to school in Hornchurch, Essex. The Government is being urged to put family at the centre of policy-making, as the Children's Commissioner for England published a key report on the make-up of UK families. Issue date: Thursday September 1, 2022. PA Photo. Dame Rachel de Souza has urged the incoming Conservative leader's administration to "prioritise" putting families "at the heart" of policy-making, as she warned in a new Government-commissioned report that gaps in official data fail to capture families as they see themselves. See PA story POLITICS Families. Photo credit should read: Nicholas.T. Ansell/PA Wire

Most Yorkshire parents think their children will be poorer than them

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Smacking children harms them and doesn't work either - Jayne Dowle

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson arrives in Downing Street in central London on May 1, 2020 (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Williamson must rectify primary school failings outside London: Jayne Dowle

Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, said that she supported Williamson’s plan to formally ban smartphones in schools (Photo: PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Distracting and damaging’ mobile phones could be banned in schools from January

School isolation rules in England likely to end in the autumn (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

School isolation rules in England likely to end in the autumn

The Government has been accused of letting down 'too many children' by the Children’s Commissioner for England after initial findings from the independent review of children’s social care have been revealed. Photo credit: PA

Children 'let down' by social care, says the Children's Commissioner for England

The independent review of children’s social care, led by Josh MacAlister, launched this month and is a 15-month analysis with final recommendations expected to be put forward to the Government in the summer of next year. Photo credit: AdobeStock

Children's Commissioner calls to make "real change" to children’s social care

Boris Johnson during a classroom visit earlier this month prior to the reopening of the country's schools.

10-year schools plan is investment in future – The Yorkshire Post says

Dame Rachel de Souza, the new children's commissioner for England, says there is a once in a generation opportunity to "rebuild childhood" after the disruption of the coronavirus. (Pic: Children's Commissioner)

Rachel de Souza: who is the new children's commissioner and what are her plans?

England’s Children’s Commissioner, Anne Longfield, will call on the Government to make children a priority after the pandemic (Photo: Shutterstock)

Kids must be a priority post-Covid after an 'impossibly damaging' year - what En...

Survivor: Rachel de Souza advises patients to ask about trials.

'˜I might not be here': Leeds mum praises clinical trial after incredible recove...

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