All the Children’s Commissioner’s work is driven by what children told us is important to them
What are the characteristics of an education system which protects and promotes children’s rights?
The Joint Committee on Human Rights recently published a report on its investigation into the Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England. The report quotes evidence from the Children’s Commissioner for England, including on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Children’s Commissioner’s full statement on the UNCRC […]
Every day in England, on average, about 1,600 children are born. After a short time, something defining happens to those children. They leave hospital and travel home. This will be the most important journey of their lives. Where that journey ends, in what postcode, will define who they will become, because of what they experience […]
This report comes at a particular time in our national discussion around education. It is written withthis moment in mind. This discussion focuses on the rising numbers of young people who are not in education, employment,or training (NEET), with proposals to fix this problem suggesting measures that reverberate all the waydown the age range and […]