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More than one in ten boys at primary school are being labelled as suffering from a mental disorder, amid growing concerns about their classroom behaviour, research suggests. The NHS report, which examines the factors which may increase the risk of mental illness, found young boys were twice as likely as girls the same age to suffer such problems.

Breast ironing awareness should be made part of the mandatory school curriculum to protect young girls from abuse, the National Education Union has said.

How can we keep children safe while accessing the Internet via mobile?

When it comes to staff wellbeing, the staffroom plays a crucial role. Kate Sarginson offers some ideas to give staff morale and wellbeing a boost

A Plymouth school plunged into special measures by Ofsted is banning mobile phones in a crackdown on school behaviour.

Facebook revealed Tuesday that roughly 200 people watched a gunman’s live video of a New Zealand mosque attack last week but failed to report it to the social network.

Inspectorate says it wants to stop giving schools an incentive to hide the problem

Vulnerable pupils will slip through the cracks because of unrealistic burdens placed on teachers, writes Natasha Devon

In a new report looking at the impact of social media on mental health, politicians say platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram should be regulated by Ofcom and forced to adhere to a statutory code of conduct.

A new campaign will directly address sex predators who target children online as it emerged police detected nearly 1,600 crimes in just 11 months.

ROCK ’n’ roll, violent video games and now social media. All have been blamed by the older generations for the ills of the young, with social media currently under fire.

Teach pupils that you don’t have to like someone in order to respect them, says director of anti-bullying service

Education Secretary announces expert group to work with government to look for new ways to support teachers

At school, we can protect pupils from horrors online, but this safeguarding goes out the window once they leave the building

SWGfL, lead partner in the UK Safer Internet Centre, has launched a new search engine for Key Stage 2 children to use at school and at home.

Almost a quarter of pupils aged 13 to 17 have been pressured to share nude or nearly nude images of themselves online, according to new research.

A short series of animations designed to inform children as young as four about online dangers has been launched by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in response to the growing threat of online grooming.

New knife crime research looks at how schools, colleges, and pupil referral units (PRUs) in London protect children from knife violence in school.

Global action is required to tackle the web's "downward plunge to a dysfunctional future", its inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has told the BBC. He made the comments in an exclusive interview to mark 30 years since he submitted his proposal for the web.

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