Tackling the rise in school exclusions
In this blog, Marianne Lagrue, Policy Manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, highlights the growing crisis of school exclusion in England and the work Coram is doing to tackle it.
Drama enables our children to thrive – don’t push it to the margins
CSSF Head Mike Tucker sets out how as well as strengthening oracy, drama promotes children’s resilience, wellbeing, and emotional intelligence.
Coram Life Education responds to DfE update of RSHE statutory guidance
Harriet Gill, Managing Director of Education and Wellbeing at Coram, broadly welcomes the long-awaited update to statutory guidance on relationships and sex education published by the Government over the summer, and argues that life skills education must reflect real world to keep children and young people safe.
New report warns disadvantaged children at risk of missing out on early education as expanded entitlements roll out
Disadvantaged children are at risk of missing out on the same early education as their more affluent peers due to the eligibility criteria of government-funded childcare entitlements, a new report published today by Coram Family and Childcare warns.
Young voices, lasting impact: community-based peer research in Wigan
In September 2024, AllChild launched its Impact Programme in Wigan, marking its first expansion outside London. Initially engaging 250 children and young people across seven schools in Leigh, they will soon support 230 more children across a further six schools in Atherton and Tyldesley from September 2025.
Families facing holiday childcare bill of over £1,000 per child this summer, with significant gaps in provision for children with additional needs
Summer holiday childcare costs in Great Britain have risen by 4% in the last year, with working parents now facing an average bill of £179 per child per week – £1,075 for the six-week break – according to Coram Family and Childcare’s 20th annual Holiday Childcare Survey, published today.
Coram Beanstalk launches six weeks of challenges to inspire families to share books over the summer break
Ahead of the start of the school summer holidays, national children’s reading charity Coram Beanstalk today launches six weeks of challenges to help families find fun ways of sharing books together as an activity. The campaign comes as the Department for Education announces a National Year of Reading for 2026, to foster a love of reading in children.
Coram calls for ‘urgent and comprehensive action’ to address significant rise in school exclusions
Coram has today responded to new figures published by the Department for Education (DfE) on the number of suspensions and permanent exclusions from state schools in England during the academic year 2023/24.
From Midsummer to Twelfth Night – 25 stories to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation
Today (24 June) marks the start of Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation’s (CSSF) silver jubilee celebrations, with the release - from ‘Midsummer to Twelfth Night’ - of 25 inspiring stories from people whose lives were transformed by participating in the CSSF Theatre Festival.
Childcare entitlement expansion sees childcare costs for under-threes in England more than halve, whilst prices in Scotland and Wales continue to rise
Working parents of children under three in England now pay less than half of last year’s cost for a part-time nursery place according to the first annual childcare survey to be published since the government roll-out of childcare support began in April 2024.