![](https://fournews-assets-prod-s3-ew1-nmprod.s3.amazonaws.com/media/2020/08/cathy_newman_400.jpg)
We need to talk about girls’ mental health
Since when did being a girl become such a worry? New research from Girlguiding suggests we should all be very, well, anxious about a plethora of anxieties afflicting our teenagers.
177 items found
“The truth is that when you look at those who voted to remain, most of them were the better educated people in our country” That’s what the Labour MP for Huddersfield, Barry Sheerman, told a BBC interviewer this week, prompting an angry response from some leave supporters on social media. FactCheck looks at whether he’s…
Pupils at the Sion Manning catholic girls school in west London had to sit their GCSE exams in the midst of tragedy. Less than a mile from Grenfell Tower – they turned up at school the next day, while smoke still billowed from the blackened shell of the high rise block. Some had lost friends,…
A damning new report has criticised politicians’ efforts to improve social mobility. Here are ten key graphs that paint a picture of the problem.
They were meant to herald a revolution in the way we teach children vocational skills, but last week yet another University Technical College announced it was to close – the seventh to do so. And it follows a familiar pattern: low student numbers, poor GCSE results and financial problems. The former Education Secretary Michael Gove…
Black graduates earn a quarter less than their white peers, new figures suggest. Rampant racism – or something more complex?
Since when did being a girl become such a worry? New research from Girlguiding suggests we should all be very, well, anxious about a plethora of anxieties afflicting our teenagers.
Sabiha Gokcen airport releases footage of three teenagers – two cousins aged 17 and a man aged 19 – from London being detained as they allegedly attempt to travel to Syria to join Islamic State.
Changes made to exams mean schools are tripped up as they try to achieve a decent league table position, headteachers warn, as the number of secondaries considered under-performing doubles in a year.
Colin Ash-Smith, 46, who attended Claire Tiltman’s funeral and served time for two similar offences, has been found guilty of the 16-year-old’s murder, 21 years after her death.
It costs more to keep a child in care than the fees for Eton, but the average care leaver still faces poor educational achievement and higher rates of mental health issues or imprisonment.
It is rare to be allowed inside a children’s home to talk to sexual abuse victims. They have been let down by adults they trust, so why should they trust anyone else? Cordelia Lynch reports.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has given some career advice to students, and particularly girls – study maths and science. But perhaps her advice should be: “Be born a man.”
As a new report points out serious failings in children’s mental health services, one teenager tells Channel 4 News about being sent to A&E by his headteacher and told to stop “blackmailing” teachers.
Campaigners launch a new attack on the army’s policy of recruiting children as young as 16. But veterans says it is a time-honoured way of offering troubled teenagers a better life. Who’s right?
Most teenagers who got their GCSE results today have been told they must stay in education or training until they are 18. But what if they refuse?