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Call for new era of school inclusion and belonging as attendance crisis report warns children in the North and children with SEN are more likely to be persistently missing school

October 25, 2024
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A new report published by Child of the North and Anne Longfield’s Centre for Young Lives think tank puts forward new recommendations to tackle the school absence crisis.

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Leading youth organisations to explore links between enrichment and school attendance in response to ‘absence epidemic’

October 14, 2024
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NCS Trust (National Citizen Service), The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) and the Centre for Young Lives (CfYL) have partnered to explore the evidence linking participation in enrichment activities to improved academic attendance, amidst a rise in persistent absenteeism among young people.

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Report urges Ministers to ignore ‘Nanny State’ critics and expand sugar taxes, ban sale of energy drinks to under 16s, and roll out teeth brushing programme in schools

September 23, 2024
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Ignore ‘Nanny State’ critics and expand sugar taxes, ban sale of energy drinks to under 16s, and roll out national supervised toothbrushing programme in schools to tackle the crisis of tooth decay affecting millions of children – Child of the North/Centre for Young Lives report

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Haris Sultan

NexT Directors of Citizens and Future Generations
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Steve Chalke

Founder, Oasis Trust
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Anna Heuschkel

Policy Researcher
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Jonathan Hopkins

Associate
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Centre for Young Lives

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Call for new era of school inclusion and belonging as attendance crisis report warns children in the North and children with SEN are more likely to be persistently missing school

October 25, 2024
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Centre for Young Lives

A new report published by Child of the North and Anne Longfield’s Centre for Young Lives think tank puts forward new recommendations to tackle the school absence crisis.

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Press Release

Leading youth organisations to explore links between enrichment and school attendance in response to ‘absence epidemic’

October 14, 2024
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Centre for Young Lives

NCS Trust (National Citizen Service), The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) and the Centre for Young Lives (CfYL) have partnered to explore the evidence linking participation in enrichment activities to improved academic attendance, amidst a rise in persistent absenteeism among young people.

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Press Release

Report urges Ministers to ignore ‘Nanny State’ critics and expand sugar taxes, ban sale of energy drinks to under 16s, and roll out teeth brushing programme in schools

September 23, 2024
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Centre for Young Lives

Ignore ‘Nanny State’ critics and expand sugar taxes, ban sale of energy drinks to under 16s, and roll out national supervised toothbrushing programme in schools to tackle the crisis of tooth decay affecting millions of children – Child of the North/Centre for Young Lives report

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Prof. Helen Dodd

Professor of Child Psychology, University of Exeter Medical School
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Dr Naomi Lott

Research Fellow, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford & Lecturer in Law, UCL
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Jo Rhodes

Founder, Challenge 59
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Harry Hobson

Director, Neighbourly Lab
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