The Childhood Lottery The Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza's landmark dataset brings together 162 measures of ...

Every day in England, on average, about 1,600 children are born. After a short time, something defining happens to those ...

As Children’s Commissioner, I want every child to have the chance to have a happy, healthy childhood. In speaking to children ...

Today’s guest blog comes from Ben Walker a Youth Lead in the Scouts; he recently met the Children’s Commissioner as part of The Big Future visit in Cumbria. Ben joined the Beavers at age 7. Scouting ...

Children in England are facing ‘Dickensian levels’ of poverty, going without basic needs like heating, a place to wash, somewhere to eat breakfast, or safe transport to school. Frank testimonies from ...

Young people turning 18 this year were born in 2004, the year that Facebook was founded. This generation hasn’t known a world without social media, smartphones and 24-hour communication. This has ...

This report contains new findings on the deaths of children in need. ‘Child in need’ is an umbrella term including looked after children, children on a child protection plan, and children on a child ...

Today we launched a guide for parents and carers on online sexual harassment and how they can support children to stay safe online. “The things I wish my parents had known…” draws together advice from ...

As Children’s Commissioner for England, my mission is to help make England the best place to grow up in the world. This means the ambitions of every child being matched by the support around them – by ...

A Children’s Commissioner’s report on public spending on children from 2000 to 2020, produced by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. This report comes at a particular time in our national discussion ...

Last July, the country was rocked by the murders of three little girls in Southport. Bebe King, Alice da Silva Aguiar and Elsie Dot Stancombe who were killed while taking part in a dance class during ...

The Children’s Commissioner’s annual report on the state of children’s mental health services highlights huge inequalities when it comes to accessing support, with some young people waiting up to 17 ...