Nacro comments

Nacro wholeheartedly welcomes the Laming review on the life chances of children in care. Too many young people in the care system come in to contact with the criminal justice system. Too often this is unnecessary and can be responded to in less harmful ways. Nacro’s own research on looked-after children concurs that too many behaviours…

Speaking on the Home Office Crime Strategy published today, Nacro chief executive Jacob Tas, said: “We welcome the government’s focus on crime prevention announced this morning. It is very positive that preventing crime is prioritised and connected to the Prime Minister’s Life Chances agenda. “We are pleased that the Home Office has prioritised opportunity, the…

Commenting on the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission’s research on social mobility, Josh Coleman, Education Principal, at Nacro said: “This research is an important piece of work. There has been a forced separation of academic and vocational education since the 1950s and, for the first time, this tracks disadvantaged young people through their education…

As thousands of young people across Britain await their GCSE results today, Nacro calls on local authorities and schools to work with them to identify any young people for whom mainstream education has not worked.

Nacro argues that vocational education should be the pinnacle of our education system.

By Working Chance

This blog illustrates why it is important for employers to consider disclosure statements when interpreting criminal record information. For many years criminal record information has, legitimately or otherwise, been shared with employers and organisations. Criminal record information can be obtained legally from Disclosure Scotland, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) or from the individual to…