All the Children’s Commissioner’s work is driven by what children told us is important to them
Reducing inequalities in school exclusion: Learning from good practice
This is a written response by the Children’s Commissioner to the Ministry of Justice Consultation, A new victims code, on the proposed update to the Code which outlines how victims of crime should be supported through the criminal justice system. The Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, has a statutory independent role to protect and […]
The Big Conversation: In conversation with the Children’s Commissioner and her youth Ambassadors is my podcast series where I share the voices and views of England’s children. The podcast draws on themes children and young people have said are most important and will focus on the most important issues that are impacting young people’s lives, […]
Few issues have defined my tenure as Children’s Commissioner so sharply as the strip searching of children by police. As a former teacher and headteacher of 30 years, I thought I was hardened to the vast spectrum of failures in children’s rights, but the case of Child Q in Hackney five years ago shocked me […]