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Children at school and play

Fri, 14 May 2010 10:04 GMT

Here are some key facts about children at school and play across England. Young people from Perry Beeches Cluster "Joined Up" chose these facts.

Children work with 11 MILLION on school clubs

Fri, 14 May 2010 10:04 GMT

This Powerpoint was created by children and young people in Birmingham who have worked with 11 MILLION to look at their choice of after school clubs. The children come from the 'Joined Up' cluster of schools in the Perry Barr area.

Promoting rights, respect and responsibility in schools

Thu, 27 May 2010 17:38 GMT

The postive impact of youth led research

Thu, 27 May 2010 17:38 GMT

A great celebration in Birmingham

Thu, 27 May 2010 17:38 GMT

Al's Mission to the UN

Thu, 27 May 2010 17:38 GMT

Your Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Thu, 27 May 2010 17:38 GMT

Changes in national policy and supporting children in Cumbria to have their say

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:27 GMT

Maggie Atkinson congratulates A-level exam students

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:05 GMT

Deputy Children's Commissioner comment on Barnardo's 'Unlocking the gates' report

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:44 GMT

YouTube: a short UNICEF cartoon film on the right to play

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:52 GMT

This is a short UNICEF cartoon film on the right to play.

School Councils UK - resources, training and networking to ensure school pupils get a voice.

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:52 GMT

School Councils UK can offer training, ideas and support to make your School Council strong and creative.

Beat Bullying

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:52 GMT

Beatbullying empowers young people to lead anti-bullying campaigns in their schools and local communities.

Anti Bullying Alliance

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:52 GMT

Beat bullying with CyberMentors

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:52 GMT

Retired world champion boxer Joe Calzaghe has launched a campaign to tackle bullying. He has revealed he was bullied as a child.

(Learning outside the classroom) Find out about learning outside the classroom, and sign the manifesto!

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:52 GMT

The Manifesto for Learning Outside the Classroom partnership has created a resource with the help of many experts and practitioners in learning outside the classroom. The resource is designed to help professionals working with young people aged 0-19 to pr

Can you share your secrets safely?

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:52 GMT

The Children's Rights Alliance for England is running a survey to find out what children and young people think about confidentiality, and the quality of the counselling (or counselling-style) services in their schools. The survey will close at the end of

Engaging meetings with children and young people

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:46 GMT

Young people contributing positively and creatively in their communities

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:58 GMT

Impressive young people given a voice at conference of European 'children's champions'

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:17 GMT

Young advisors set to work with Office of the Children's Commissioner

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:28 GMT

Meeting children and young people in Worcestershire

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:06 GMT

Young festival goers make their voices heard at Big Shout event

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:58 GMT

Improving perceptions of young people

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:37 GMT

Lively discussions during London visits

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:07 GMT

Children's rights, services and education

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:00 GMT

The week young people took over the country!

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:05 GMT

Youth justice and great visit to Little Heath School

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:10 GMT

Wellbeing, care and advice

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:55 GMT

Inspiring resilience and determination

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:13 GMT

Endings and new beginnings

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:52 GMT

Young people shine at Blackpool education conference

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:35 GMT

Celebrating disability and the achievements of Luton's young people

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:33 GMT

Commissioners’ meeting and launch of museums’ manifesto

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:33 GMT

Developing new partnerships

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:34 GMT

Welcome announcements and business planning

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:20 GMT

Work on asylum, legal aid, child poverty... and a change of scene!

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:15 GMT

Leaflet about the Office of the Children's Commissioner (PDF, 836 KB)

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:28 GMT

This one-page leaflet is designed for children and young people.

The legal system, poverty and next week's events

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:21 GMT

Education, youth justice and celebrating positive role models

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:08 GMT

Participation in action

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:44 GMT

Celebrating creativity and achievement

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:31 GMT

Youth justice and working with partners

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:24 GMT

Removing Sats tests for 14-year-olds is certainly a step in the right direction, says Children's Commissioner

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:01 GMT

Fun, friends and freedom

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:01 GMT

Statement on Children and Young People with Disabilities

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:01 GMT

The UK's four Children's Commissioners join forces to assess the reality of children's lives

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:01 GMT

Sir Al Aynsley-Green comments on the Government's play consultation, Fair Play

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:01 GMT

Children's Commissioner uncovers failings in the care of vulnerable children

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:01 GMT

Children and young people from North East to tell Children's Commissioner like it is

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:01 GMT

11 MILLION Comment on the Staying Safe action plan

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:01 GMT

NSPCC: resources for schools and youth groups

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:58 GMT

This website gives help and advice to groups and schools as well as to individual children and young people.

Visit the NSPCC website

Powerful research on poverty, education and child protection launched

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:20 GMT

Influencing policy on parenting and child poverty

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:28 GMT

Foster Care Fortnight, child protection and education

Thu, 26 May 2011 12:07 GMT

Listening to young people and realising Dunford's vision

Tue, 31 May 2011 17:38 GMT

Commercialisation, inter-generational projects and Takeover Day

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:51 GMT

Successful launch of our new youth justice and mental health report

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:25 GMT

British and Irish Commissioners share collective optimism about children's rights

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:01 GMT

From strength to strength

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:43 GMT

Four UK Children's Commissioners join forces to express concern over spending cuts

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:23 GMT

Commissioner mention: Education sector calls for flexibility to teach skills for employment (Children and Young People Now)

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:37 GMT

Fears are growing for the 40 per cent of students not achieving five A* to C GCSE grades as pressure on job and training opportunities mounts.

Pressure rises on school places (BBC News online)

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:37 GMT

A fifth of English local authorities are reporting increased pressure on school places due to the recession, the Local Government Association says.

Parents face summer holiday childcare woe - survey (The Guardian)

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:37 GMT

Parents still face huge regional variations when it comes to finding affordable and reliable childcare in the school holidays, according to a survey published today.

Commissioner mention: NSPCC investigates how primary schools deal with child protection (Community Care)

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:59 GMT

The NSPCC is to investigate how well England's primary schools deal with child protection concerns. The research, commissioned by the Office of the Children's commissioner, will form part of best practice guidance for schools, Local Safeguarding Children's Boards and other children's professionals. The guidance will be published by autumn 2012.

Commissioner mention: Teachers' 'have sleepless nights' over child neglect (BBC News Online)

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:59 GMT

Teachers are having sleepless nights about whether to report suspected victims of child neglect, a report for a charity says.

School discipline and pupil behaviour policies - a response to the draft guidelines for schools

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05 GMT

Journeys - children and young people talking about bullying (PDF, 2.72 MB)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05 GMT

Journeys - primary age children talking about bullying (PDF, 1.65 MB)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05 GMT

Children's Commissioner's Takeover Day 2011 flyer (PDF, 806 KB)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05 GMT

Leaflet about the Office of the Children's Commissioner (PDF, 836 KB)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05 GMT

Commissioner's visit to the East Midlands: a report of children and young people's views (PDF, 528 KB)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05 GMT

The right to appeal? Children and young people's views on extending the right to appeal permanent school exclusions and special educational needs decisions

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05 GMT

11 MILLION's submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights' inquiry on children's rights

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05 GMT

Equality and YOU! - quarterly report no. 7

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05 GMT

Strengthening Children's Trusts: legislative options

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05 GMT

11 MILLION Children Matter no. 5 PART 1

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05 GMT

11 MILLION Children Matter no. 5 PART 2

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05 GMT

UK Children's Commissioners' Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05 GMT

Time to Talk

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05 GMT

11 MILLION response: raising expectations: staying in education and training post-16

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05 GMT

Commissioner mention: Schools 'illegally excluding pupils' (BBC News Online)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

Some schools in England are illegally excluding pupils, sometimes permanently, without going through the full formal process, a report says.

Commissioner mention: Report: Stop 'Wrong Haircut' Pupil Exclusions (Sky News)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

Schools should never exclude pupils for "minor infringements" such as breaching school uniform codes, a Children's Commissioner for England report has warned.

Commissioner mention: Schools illegally excluding troublemakers (Evening Standard)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

Headteachers are illegally excluding difficult pupils to boost school rankings, the Children's Commissioner has said.

Commissioner mention: Excluded pupils: condemned to fail (ITN)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

The Children's Commissioner Dr Maggie Atkinson believes there are illegal exclusions where children are sent out of school but nothing is recorded about their absence.

Commissioner mention: Schools 'illegally' excluding pupils: report (AFP)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

London - More must be done to stop schools in England illegally excluding pupils, a report said Monday, calling for government research to uncover the extent of the problem.

Commissioner mention: Report details 'illegal' school exclusions (BBC News Online - Today)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

The Children's Commissioner for England has said that some schools in England are excluding pupils illegally without going through the formal process.

Commissioner mention: Schools fall foul of the law on school exclusion (Children & Young People Now)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

Some schools are failing to observe the law when excluding children, with head teachers in some cases "coercing" students into moving schools, an inquiry by the children's commissioner has found.

Commissioner mention: Pupils should not be excluded from school for ‘minor infringements’ (Metro)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

Teachers should exclude pupils only for safety reasons or to prevent disruption to learning, according to a report by the children's commissioner for England.

Commissioner mention: Leave pupils weird hair alone says children's tsar (Daily Express)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

School children should be allowed to get away with wearing bizarre haircuts in class, says the Government's children's tsar.

Commissioner mention: Headteachers admit illegally excluding pupils (The Guardian)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

Headteachers have admitted illegally excluding pupils from school, including one "extreme" case in which children in their final GCSE year were sent home at Christmas and told not to return until their exams.

Commissioner mention: Extreme haircuts should never be grounds to exclude a child from school, says children's champion (Daily Mail)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

Head teachers should be barred from punishing pupils for outlandish haircuts, the Children's Commissioner has claimed.

Schools Should Stop Excluding Pupils For Wearing Make-Up, Children's Commissioner Says (PA/ Huffington Post UK)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

Students should no longer be excluded for "minor infringements" such as wearing jewellery or incorrect school uniform, according to a report by the Children's Commissioner for England.

Children's Commissioner warns over school exclusions (Daily Telegraph)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

Pupils should no longer be expelled or suspended for "minor infringements" because it can damage their education and push them into a life of crime, said Maggie Atkinson.

Commissioner mention: Warning to schools over exclusions (Wales Online)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

Schools have been warned that it is "never appropriate" to exclude pupils for "minor infringements" such as breaching school uniform codes or wearing jewellery in a report published by the Children's Commissioner for England.

Commissioner mention: Students Expelled from Schools on Flimsy Grounds (International Business Times)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

Hundreds of children get expelled from state-funded schools for the flimsiest of reasons. These include shabby dressing, not wearing proper uniform and weird hairstyle or nail colour.

Commissioner mention: Report reveals illegal school expulsions (Law on the web)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

A report by the children's commissioner has found that pupils have been illegally excluded from schools.

Commissioner mention: Warning to school chiefs over excluding students (Yorkshire Post)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

Schools have been warned that it is "never appropriate" to exclude pupils for "minor infringements" such as breaching school uniform codes or wearing jewellery, in a report published by the Children's Commissioner for England.

Children's Commissioner Identifies Worrying School Practice (SOS Children's Village- Canada)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24 GMT

Dr. Maggie Atkinson, Children's Commissioner, has found that some schools are illegally excluding children through questionable expulsions and suspensions.

Bring down school exclusions, children's commissioner warns (Channel 4 News)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:26 GMT

Dr Maggie Atkinson said that pupils should only be excluded for safety reasons or to prevent disruption to learning.

Commissioner mention: 'Wrong haircut' pupils 'should not be excluded' (ITN)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:26 GMT

Schools should not exclude pupils for "minor infringements", according to a new report published by the Children's Commissioner for England.

Commissioner mention: Schools break law to exclude difficult pupils (The Independent)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:26 GMT

Pupils are being excluded illegally by head teachers who are flouting the rules to boost their schools' rankings, according to a major study by the Children's Commissioner.

Commissioner mention: Leading article: Schools are for all pupils– not just the good ones (The Independent)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:26 GMT

One of the unfortunate by-products of the system of subjecting schools to relentless external monitoring is an obsession with academic results to the exclusion of almost all else. Some schools end up subordinating almost everything to the goals of passing Ofsted examinations and to bettering their positions in league tables. Most schools do so in an honest, transparent manner but it is not surprising, although it is worrying, to learn that some less scrupulous head teachers abuse strict exclusion procedures to weed out those they consider undesirable.