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The national safeguarding framework; the history, proposed reforms to policy and legislation, and why the current debate matters... vcf-uk.org/before-we-rewr… #victoriaclimbielegacy #everychildmatters

The petition to protect disabled children’s rights in England is the most popular petition on the parliamentary website. Will you help to get it to 100,000? We have just 90 days left. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7642…

Many families who contemplate home education have worries too, in particular fearful of social services becoming involved. We are aware of professionals wrongly thinking home education is a social services concern. Here’s why you don’t need to be worried. #homeeduk

🔸 Support for a social media ban plummets to just HALF if enforcing it requires uploading ID 🔸Support sinks below half if would require banning VPNs too, according to new data. The public has spoken - no to sweeping internet restrictions & intrusive ID checks to post online ”The mass collection of ID information and biometric data will not keep children safe, but instead creates an entirely new set of cybersecurity risks that threaten the rights and freedoms of children and adults alike… Rather than forcing British users to consistently put their sensitive personal data on the line, the Government should stand up to Big Tech directly, and tackle its harmful business practices at the source.” - Maya Thomas Read⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/0…

Pupils with special educational needs (SEND) continue to have some of the highest rates of suspensions and permanent exclusions. Nearly nine in 10 permanent exclusions that happen in primary schools involve a child who has SEND. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

“It’s easy to think that school is the only route to success. But when you look at the bigger picture, you realise something important: There are many paths to a successful future.” educationalfreedom.org.uk/home-education…

I expect further sickening revelations in the national media in the coming months. It is now morally indefensible for the government to reduce children’s legal protections in favour of local authorities. I have written again to the Ed Sec. Further inaction risks being complicit.

“As more families begin home educating, it becomes increasingly important that people understand what home education actually is — and what it isn’t. It isn’t school at home.
It isn’t endless tutoring.
And it doesn’t require recreating the classroom.” educationalfreedom.org.uk/the-new-genera…

Don’t get confused by headlines such as this circulating today. We’ve had queries from parents worried the Bill was coming into force today. It’s not - only the part about schools becoming phone-free environments. #homeeduk

The sooner we bring in the Public Office Accountability Bill the better. We must have a proper enforceable duty of candour, and a reformed misconduct in public office offence. Culture must change.

#SocialMediaBan's protect platforms, not children. Social media bans are a political band-aid; they blame children and only delay their encounters with harmful business models rather than address them, and in the process, create more harms for everyone. home.crin.org/readlistenwatc…

28 #edTech audits carried out by the ICO have found sweeping failures in basic #pupildata practice and legal compliance, as we did in our State of Data 2020 report. Now we need to see 3 things to deliver improvement for families in #education in England ➡️defenddigitalme.org/2026/06/25/edt…

The government response to letter before claim arrived this week. crowdjustice.com/case/challenge… please Keep donating, amplifying and sharing. to read letter in claim sinclairslaw.co.uk/cms/resources/…

@SciTechgovuk @educationgovuk “Giving children their childhood back” at the cost of giving up their ID for life. It’s worse than ignorant or shortsighted. It’s reckless with children’s lifetime and society’s fraud risk, normalising performing to camera for strangers on demand, without freely given consent.

You either stand with survivors, or you stand with corporate interests. Protection means listening to the children, families and survivors who say these approaches harmed them. #AgainstRestraint

If the LA is trying to end your young person's EHCP at Post-16, don't panic. Solicitor Nicole Lee explains the law and gives top tips for challenging it. ⚖️ #EHCP #SENDlaw specialneedsjungle.com/ceasing-mainta…

@kevinhollinrake Watch ⬇️ why the analogy fails—If we care about online safety, the last thing we should teach children is to perform for a camera on demand, even if they don’t want to jenpersson.com/the-uk-social-… Link incl. 438 scientists on problems with AV among these FAQs defenddigitalme.org/the-uk-under-1…

@KanishkaNarayan From a #ChildRights perspective, age-controlling or banning #VPNs would not only fail to effectively address the underlying risks children face online, but would introduce new ones. #SocialMediaBan #Questions &As ➡️defenddigitalme.org/the-uk-under-1… More on VPNs ⬇️home.crin.org/the-big-debate…

The UK Under-16s #SocialMediaBan: Questions & Answers #JournoRequest defenddigitalme.org/the-uk-under-1… A children’s-rights response to the government’s announcement—what was announced, what the evidence actually shows, what age verification really costs, and why a ban is the wrong tool.