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Issue 8.03

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Effectiveness Of School-Based Life-Skills And Alcohol Education Programmes

This NFER review on behalf of Alcohol Research UK, explores the impact of school-based alcohol education/life-skills programmes on young people’s knowledge of alcohol, decision-making skills, and alcohol-related behaviour, and looks at which programmes offer the greatest value for money, and the processes that facilitate or inhibit the implementation, sustainability and impact of alcohol education/life-skills programmes. Leadership Briefing issue (8.03)

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Review Of Contacts To The NSPCC Helpline

Every day the NSPCC’s helpline assists more than 50 children suffering neglect, according to this report by the NSPCC. Last year the free, 24-hour helpline dealt with reports involving 18,345 children who had to be referred to social services or police for further investigation, many of these involved children under five. Around one third of all contacts – by phone, email or text – were about neglect. This report explores the impact of the work of the helpline throughout 2012/13 and the role it has played in the wider child protection system to keep children safe. Leadership Briefing issue (8.03)

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Religious Education: Realising The Potential

Religious education (RE) makes a significant contribution to pupils’ academic and personal development. It also plays a key role in promoting social cohesion and the virtues of respect and empathy, which are important in our diverse society. This report identifies barriers to better RE and suggests ways in which the subject might be improved. The report is written for all those who teach RE, for those who lead the subject, and for headteachers of primary and secondary schools. Leadership Briefing issue (8.03)

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Pupil Absence In Schools In England, Autumn Term 2012 And Spring Term 2013

This Statistical First Release by the Department for Education reports on absence in state-funded primary and state-funded secondary schools during autumn term 2012 and spring term 2013, including information on absence by reason and by pupil characteristics. It shows that 335,510 children were off school in England each day – equivalent to 5.3 per cent of the pupil population – over a seven month period. Leadership Briefing issue (8.03)

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Child Death Reviews: Improving The Use Of Evidence

The primary purpose of Child Death Overview Panels (CDOPs) is to review individual deaths, to identify modifiable causes to inform strategic planning on how best to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children in their area - that is, to learn lessons and put the lessons into practice to prevent future deaths. This DfE report investigates how to make best use of the data currently collect by individual CDOPs. Leadership Briefing issue (8.03)

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