SCCYP Releases Archive for September 2007
Disabled children tell government: we need places to go!
26th Sep 2007
Over 800 disabled children, young people and their parents tell government what needs to change in their lives in a report published today (26th...
Read More...Children trafficked from Asia to UK to work in cannabis factories
24th Sep 2007
Hundreds of young children illegally trafficked into the UK are the new victims of Britain's booming cannabis trade.
Read More...Home truths
19th Sep 2007
It's official: success at school starts at home, says Mike Baker
Read More...Young people ?‘need help to quit?’ as tobacco law changes
19th Sep 2007
IN JUST over two weeks' time, 16 and 17-year-old smokers will no longer be able to buy cigarettes yet there will be little extra support available...
Read More...Learning Teaching Scotland seeks young people for new Advisory Council
18th Sep 2007
Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS), in association with the Scottish Government, is seeking six members for its new Advisory Council. As part...
Read More...Children cholesterol test call
14th Sep 2007
Children should receive a cholesterol test alongside their routine vaccinations at the age of 15 months, experts say.
Read More...Place struggle over unruly pupils
14th Sep 2007
Centres for unruly pupils are struggling to get them back in to mainstream schools, inspectors say.
Read More...Child mortality 'at record low'
13th Sep 2007
Fewer children under five worldwide are dying than ever before, according to the United Nations Children's Fund, due to increased immunisation.
Read More...Parents 'fuelling rise in truancy'
12th Sep 2007
Parents are fuelling truancy rates by taking children out of school for cheaper, term-time holidays, the Government has said.
Read More...Poor teens 'lag two years behind'
11th Sep 2007
Poor children are as much as two years behind their peers in educational achievement by age 14 and heading for a "downward spiral", a report...
Read More...Scottish councils question school class size policy
10th Sep 2007
Plans by the Scottish National party to cut primary school class sizes have been thwarted by local authorities that are refusing to implement...
Read More...Government encourages faith schools to combine
10th Sep 2007
Public opposition to new Muslim state schools is the biggest obstacle to their growth, a Muslim education leader said today as the government...
Read More...Parents must keep barred pupils at home
5th Sep 2007
Parents whose children are suspended from school because of bad behaviour will be required to keep them indoors or face fines of up to £1,000....
Read More...Dungavel families forced to live with hardened criminals
5th Sep 2007
The children of failed asylum seekers are being held alongside hardened criminals as Scotland's Dungavel detention centre is increasingly used...
Read More...Tories want weak pupils to stay on at primary school
5th Sep 2007
Underachieving children could be forced to spend an extra year in primary school under proposals unveiled by the Conservatives.
Eleven-year-old...
Read More...Brown widens review of impact media violence has on children
5th Sep 2007
The impact of media violence on children will be the focus of a wider than expected government review being launched today. It may lead to new...
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