Social breakdown threatens the Mental Health of over 2 Million Children

More than two million children are in danger of developing a mental illness by 2030 as the nation’s fraying social fabric takes an increasingly heavy…

Ministers ‘in the dark’ over education of 20,000 vulnerable pupils

Cost to taxpayer as high as £49,000 a year for a single unregistered placement. At least 20,000 children, many excluded from mainstream schools, are being taught…

School absence risks tidal wave of youth crime, new analysis reveals

New analysis from the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) reveals that soaring rates of school absence risks creating 9,000 extra young offenders by 2027 if…

Nearly 800 schools have a class of ‘ghost children’ missing every day since Covid lockdown

The equivalent of a whole class of children in 758 schools across the country has not fully returned to lessons since the start of the Covid pandemic – and the problem may be getting worse, according…

Winners of UK’s charity Oscars announced by leading think tank

Prue Leith CBE and James Cracknell OBE lead tributes to the winners of the Centre for Social Justice Awards 2021 Prue Leith CBE and James…