Tag: Children

Pupils should be allowed to wear tracksuits and trainers in the classroom "as standard" to make school uniform more inclusive and remove "barriers to activity", a group of MPs has said.

With a recent poll revealing that nearly a quarter of 10 to 17 year-olds have been told to stop voicing their political views at school, it's clear that free speech is in peril where it's needed most, says Jack Watson.

One in five teenagers in the UK do not share their political views due to a fear of being cancelled, according to a new report from the Economist Educational Foundation.

Huw Edwards avoided prison for his child porn habit because the judge bought his excuse that he has "low self-esteem", in part because he was rejected from Oxford. It's time to stop making excuses, says Dr David McGrogan.

Chaperones are to take children to and from school to protect them from violence in knife-crime hotspots under a new Government scheme that will be manned by volunteers.

One in eight UK children are disabled, according to their parents. With so many too mentally and physically feeble for work or military service, where is the urgent response to this national calamity, asks Mary Gilleece.

Louis Theroux's new Netflix documentary on the manosphere did a good job of showing up some of the worst offenders. But he only scratched the surface of the societal malaise that makes it possible, says Joanna Gray.

Schools have been advised by local authorities that children’s drawings could be considered blasphemous under Islamic law and music and dance may conflict with religious sensitivities.

The Covid lockdowns may have inflicted long-term harm on children's brain development, an alarming new study has found.

Boys should be allowed to experiment and wear dresses at primary school, the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has said, as she commented on new guidance that allows four year-olds to switch pronouns in school.