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Adoptees searching for birth families are left to “go it alone”
Date: 11 Oct 2010
Adoptees who want to trace birth relatives can wait more than a year for a response from adoption agencies, often leading them to put themselves through “unacceptable risks” by carrying out their searches alone.
Number of adoptions goes down, despite increase in children coming into care
Date: 14 Oct 2010
New figures have shown an increase in the number of children taken into the UK care system last year, although the number of adoptions actually went down.
Children from eight years old see signs of neglect in their classmates
Date: 19 Oct 2010
Children’s charity warns of widespread neglect, and provides evidence that the majority of children, from as young as eight years old, have seen the signs of this in their classmates.
Nearly a quarter of primary school boys have special educational needs
Date: 27 Oct 2010
New figures from the Department of Education show that one in four boys at primary school has special educational needs (SEN). The government has pledged to improve support, but critics suggest it is likely to make matters worse.