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Dame Rachel de Souza
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Children’s Commissioner for England @ChildrensComm, Educationalist and social reformer, personal account
London, England
childrenscommissioner.gov.uk
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    Dame Rachel de Souza
    @Rachel_deSouza
    Mar 7, 2023
    1/4 My duty as @ChildrensComm is to make sure any child, no matter where they come from, receives the right support & protection. As such, I’m deeply concerned about the measures in the Bill. It is opaque on what it means for children, their rights & experiences.
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    Dame Rachel de Souza
    @Rachel_deSouza
    Jun 14, 2023
    Parents have right to know what’s taught about sex. I strongly agree with ⁦@thetimes⁩ on this - here are the recommendations I made to ⁦@educationgovuk⁩ on RSHE materials childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/children-… thetimes.co.uk/article/64626d…
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    Children and RSHE | Children's Commissioner for England
    From childrenscommissioner.gov.uk
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    Dame Rachel de Souza
    @Rachel_deSouza
    Mar 1, 2021
    Here’s my first message as I begin my term as Children’s Commissioner for England and ‘there isn’t a moment to lose’
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    Dame Rachel de Souza's first message as she begins her term as Children's Commissioner for England...
    From childrenscommissioner.gov.uk
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    Dame Rachel de Souza
    @Rachel_deSouza
    Dec 30, 2023
    Fantastic to see Tony Hudgell, aged just 9 receive such a well deserved honour from the King. Huge congratulations to him for his amazing charity & work to prevent any other child experiencing abuse like he did. 🏅🏅🙌🙌⬇️⬇️
    Tony Hudgell poses outside Buckingham Palace to celebrate Jack Hopkins running 100 days to raise funds for the Tony Hudgell Foundation on 5 February 2022 in London
    New Years Honours 2024: Tony Hudgell, 9, youngest to receive medal
    From bbc.co.uk
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    Dame Rachel de Souza
    @Rachel_deSouza
    Aug 28, 2021
    ‘No ifs or buts’ we must prioritise children and get them all back to school at the start of the new term & school year. Spot on from David Blunkett ⁦@Telegraph⁩
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    It's a scandal that 'back to school' still won't mean 'back to normal' for our kids next week
    From telegraph.co.uk
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    Dame Rachel de Souza
    @Rachel_deSouza
    Jan 19, 2022
    I'm determined to find the lost children who haven't returned to school/never been in the system. Grateful to all the LAs, School Trusts, safeguarding partnerships & @educationgovuk for their help. I'm meeting LAs today & written to ALL of them. Will not stop until this is sorted
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    The Telegraph
    @Telegraph
    Jan 18, 2022
    🔴 Thousands of children have “fallen off the radar”, a government tsar has warned as she launches an inquiry to track down youngsters who are not in the classroom telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/1…
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    Dame Rachel de Souza
    @Rachel_deSouza
    Feb 28, 2022
    The Children’s Commissioners of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have written to the PM today calling for safe passage of refugee children from Ukraine to the UK. bit.ly/3vymcrg
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    Dame Rachel de Souza
    @Rachel_deSouza
    Aug 11, 2023
    More than a quarter of secondary pupils ‘persistently absent’ these figures lay bare the scale of the school attendance crisis. 3 yrs on from the pandemic, school absences remain at unprecedented highs. We are failing to get children back to school. 1/2
    thetimes.com
    More than a quarter of secondary pupils ‘persistently absent’
    More than a quarter of secondary school pupils are regularly missing school, new figures have shown.The children’s watchdog warned that such absences could “i
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    Dame Rachel de Souza
    @Rachel_deSouza
    Jan 23, 2022
    We need to put children at the heart of recovery from the pandemic by ensuring they’re back at school/in quality education. We need to listen to them to understand the barriers they face & ensure we do what’s needed to support them.
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    Dame Rachel de Souza
    @Rachel_deSouza
    Mar 18, 2023
    Heartbreaking to read this and a most dreadful loss. Thoughts and prayers with Ruth Perry's family, colleagues, pupils and families. Our headteachers are a national treasure - educating the next generation. We must listen to them and support them. independent.co.uk/news/uk/ofsted…
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    Dame Rachel de Souza
    @Rachel_deSouza
    Aug 31, 2023
    Please read this piece. It is what I see as I visit schools & services for children around the country. Thank goodness for dedicated tenacious leaders like Mr Potts. Education & the services supporting children need to be a top national & Gov priority
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    One year in a struggling British state school
    From ft.com
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    Dame Rachel de Souza
    @Rachel_deSouza
    Mar 7, 2023
    Replying to @Rachel_deSouza
    4/4 I am seeking urgent clarity from the Home Office on the specific provisions in the Bill and what they will mean for children, whose rights as set out in the UNCRC must have absolute primacy.
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    Dame Rachel de Souza
    @Rachel_deSouza
    Apr 4, 2021
    We asked children to make a huge sacrifice to help control the virus and now we need to give them something back with much needed support for their education and well being. Time to put children at the heart of our decision making as we come out of lockdown.
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    Times Politics
    @timespolitics
    Apr 4, 2021
    More than 200,000 pupils will move from primary school to secondary school this autumn without being able to read properly, according to unpublished government figures. thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-…
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    Dame Rachel de Souza
    @Rachel_deSouza
    Apr 16, 2021
    ‘Children are the least likely to be affected by the virus but they have taken the worst hit’ - that’s why I’m launching #TheBigAsk survey on Monday ⁦@ChildrensComm⁩
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    ‘Children are the least likely to be affected by the virus but they have taken the worst hit’
    From telegraph.co.uk

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