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Official account for the independent Children's Commissioner for England @Rachel_deSouza.
England, UK
Joined June 2010
My new School Census confirms what children told me: support must be local and accessible. School leaders agree - they’ve been plugging gaps left by years of cuts and under-resourcing of wider services. Govt must redefine ‘need’ in school #ChildrensPlan
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Read The Children’s Plan: The Children’s Commissioner’s School Census in full. Read the Summary version. For the first time as Children’s Commissioner, I
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Thank you to Our Lady of Victories Primary, Kensington (St John Southworth Trust) for inviting me to their fantastic nativity play. Such a pleasure to sit down & talk about family, school, safety & making all children's lives better as we head into Christmas @CardinalVaughan
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Another appalling report showing how urgent & essential reform of our public services is. I’ve seen children locked in cells for 23 hrs, restrained in hospital, parents refused access. It is unacceptable for anyone but it’s unforgiveable for a child 👇🏻 https://t.co/NcZelVgH9a
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Only a day after David Lammy called for reform of the European Convention on Human Rights, a watchdog has said the UK may be in breach of it
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Humbled to meet medically evacuated Gazan children in parliament this afternoon. They have been through so much in their short and precious lives. I will do everything I can to make sure that they have what they need to recover 👇🏻
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The govt's child poverty strategy has listened to children's recommendations, including removing the two-child limit and improving temporary accommodation, but to end child poverty we must be even more ambitious, through additional practical steps. Read my statement in full 👇🏻
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Special schools & alternative provision settings are fighting an 'uphill battle', supporting some of the most deprived children while lacking vital information about their needs - new analysis by @Rachel_deSouza finds. Read in full 👇🏼 https://t.co/yV4OAYpe5a
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Recently, my office published The Children’s Plan: The Children’s Commissioner’s School Census. For the first time, I used my data powers on schools,
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Great to join Now Foster to celebrate the amazing and often life saving work that foster carers do. Particularly excited to talk about the Weekender programme and other innovative ways of helping people find their way to fostering
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Palantir is proud to be the official software partner of America’s Game. Army V. Navy 3PM on CBS 12/13/25 Presented by USAA
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Great to join Minister @Georgia_Gould @tom_rees77 to kick off the national conversation on SEND reform. I've set out my vision in The Children's Plan, based on what schools & children told me. I look forward to working with Government to match that ambition & hear from children👇🏻
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What a pleasure to visit my old school @StepneyAS, & talk to colleagues & pupils old (David Corbishley my former pupil standing next to me - so proud of the man he has become 😊 ) & new. Great to see a HumanettIQ session in practice & answer tough ?s on the student radio station
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As we near the end of Care Leavers’ Month, my Help at Hand team - who offer advice and assistance to children in care and care leavers up to the age of 25 - have shared some of the stories from care leavers they have supported recently. https://t.co/FpwXhzkljV
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My Help at Hand team offers advice and assistance to children in care, children living away from home, children with a social worker, and to care
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Read more about the scale and severity of emerging online threats children are facing today, including the need to regulate violent pornography and banning nudification tools https://t.co/2lQqYAmRy6
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Today the Crime and Policing Bill returns to Parliament, with a number of amendments due for debate
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.@Rachel_deSouza Children today face serious online harms. The Crime and Policing Bill is a key chance to strengthen protections - I am urging Peers to back amendments to align online and offline porn regulation and to ban AI ‘nudification’ tools outright. Full statement 👇
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Great to be @MuseumLiverpool to speak with international children’s champions; Curators, educators, play specialists & more about access to 3rd spaces. As Jung said ‘what you did as a child that made the hours pass like minutes is the key to your earthly pursuits’👇🏻
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As we continue to mark Care Leavers' Month, today's guest blog from Victoria Odude of @ypbmf shares her journey with National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum, the power of youth voice, and her hopes for Care Leavers’ Month. https://t.co/ZMnueiMKdW
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As we continue to mark National Care Leavers’ Month, this guest blog sees Victoria Odude from the Young People’s Benchmarking Forum at
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Removing the two-child benefit cap is a vital first step towards lifting children out of poverty. It is the right thing to do, and a move the Children's Commissioner @Rachel_deSouza has called for repeatedly. Read her full statement in response👇🏻
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Fantastic to speak @TheKingsFund @barnardos about what children tell me they need to be the healthiest generation yet - all of us adults need to be as ambitious for them as they are for themselves & protect and support their one precious childhood
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You may not know it's there, but Fusarium ear rot can hit your yield & crop quality hard. 🌽 Hear tips from Tyler Harp on how to protect your corn with Miravis Neo.
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“I was not aware that my university had specific support for people like me” To ensure every care experienced student is supported to achieve their aspirations, my Care Experienced Advisory Board co-produced a handbook for higher education professionals⬇️ https://t.co/NqW8fWOSds
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In today's guest blog for Care Leavers' Month, @UniofHerts Student Success Officer shares the importance of creating a sense of belonging & ensuring every care experienced & estranged student has the support they need to succeed. Read Michelle's story 👇 https://t.co/8N03Xv7Gd3
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Michelle Wakefield is a Student Success Officer and the dedicated contact for care experienced and estranged students at the University of Hertfordshire.
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We have shared a variety of resources for #MathsWeekEngland - Try out maths activities including ‘The Big Ambition Local Area Interactive Maps’ which showcase the voices, views and experiences of children from #TheBigAmbition survey ⬇️ https://t.co/cFM5FXaArR
@Maths_Week #MWE2025
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.@Rachel_deSouza The Assisted Dying Bill could alter our relationship to death, dying and medical care - and will affect children in myriad ways. I'm calling on the gov support the proposed amendment to extend the min age as drafted in this Bill from 18 to 25. Full statement 👇
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I'm calling on the govt to support the amendment by @lucianaberger to extend the minimum age under this Bill - perhaps the most consequential of this generation - to 25, not 18. We must err on the side of caution when it comes to children's rights and lives.
Assisted dying bill ‘must protect young people with special needs’ 👇🏻
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