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In total, 71 per cent of children showed improvements in behaviour.

Not exact matches

It comes as a new study shows nearly 80 per cent of the British public see no signs of improvement for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children who are at risk of serious issues such as neglect, poverty, bad health or homelessness.

In June this year, the NSPCC and the Children's Commission published an extensive report titled I wasn't sure if it was normal to watch it... The research undertaken by Middlesex University included a survey of children aged 11 - 16 and showed that by the age of 12, 28 per cent had viewed pornography and by the age of 15 that had risen to 65 pChildren's Commission published an extensive report titled I wasn't sure if it was normal to watch it... The research undertaken by Middlesex University included a survey of children aged 11 - 16 and showed that by the age of 12, 28 per cent had viewed pornography and by the age of 15 that had risen to 65 pchildren aged 11 - 16 and showed that by the age of 12, 28 per cent had viewed pornography and by the age of 15 that had risen to 65 per cent.

Heisel reported a study comparing Japanese and American children's TV programs, whose results revealed that there were even few older characters on the Japanese shows: 4 per cent of all speaking roles, as compared to 9 per cent for the U.S..

Figures published by Adoption Match show that in August 2016, there were 366 children on the register compared with 825 at the beginning of July this year - 28 per cent of those had BAME ethnicity.

It was recently shown that replacing half of a child's rice intake with Golden Rice provides them with 60 per cent of their daily vitamin A requirement.

Scientific evidence has shown that breastfeeding could lead to a 13 per cent reduction in deaths of children under five if infants were exclusively breastfed for 6 months and continued to be breastfed up to two years.

Show your child that you can either buy the 2 cent and 3cent, 4 cent and 1 cent or 5 cent cookies to use all of your money.

Mrs. Alarbi said studies showed that for babies born to HIV - infected mothers, the use of niverapine drug combined with baby formulas to prevent mother - to - child transmission, could reduce child mortality to only two per cent of under - five mortality and morbidity while the use of insecticide - treated bed nets could reduce it by six per cent.

Findings from a project led by London's Institute of Education and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Department for International Development (DFID) show that using new ways of encouraging young children to stay in regular schooling cut drop - out rates by 42 per cent in just a year.

The End Child Poverty coalition has just released the results of an opinion poll that shows 82 per cent of British people think that tackling child poverty should be a government prioChild Poverty coalition has just released the results of an opinion poll that shows 82 per cent of British people think that tackling child poverty should be a government priochild poverty should be a government priority.

Findings show just a five per cent increase in degrees among children of routine and manual workers.

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Welfare Benefits Up - rating Bill because it fails to address the reasons why the cost of benefits is exceeding the Government's plans; notes that the Resolution Foundation has calculated that 68 per cent of households affected by these measures are in work and that figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that all the measures announced in the Autumn Statement, including those in the Bill, will mean a single - earner family with children on average will be # 534 worse off by 2015; further notes that the Bill does not include anything to remedy the deficiencies in the Government's work programme or the slipped timetable for universal credit; believes that a comprehensive plan to reduce the benefits bill must include measures to create economic growth and help the 129,400 adults over the age of 25 out of work for 24 months or more, but that the Bill does not do so; further believes that the Bill should introduce a compulsory jobs guarantee, which would give long - term unemployed adults a job they would have to take up or lose benefits, funded by limiting tax relief on pension contributions for people earning over # 150,000 to 20 per cent; and further believes that the proposals in the Bill are unfair when the additional rate of income tax is being reduced, which will result in those earning over a million pounds per year receiving an average tax cut of over # 100,000 a year.

The study showed that more children had epilepsy when they reached the age of four to eight years with seven per cent on regular medication.

There is a study showing that 77 per cent of parents with overweight children didn't recognise they were overweight.

Analyses of their blood samples showed that, on average, just under two per cent of the children's total blood fatty acids were Omega - 3 DHA (Docosahexaenoic acid) and 0.5 per cent were Omega - 3 EPA (Eicosapentaenoic acid), with a total of 2.45 per cent for these long - chain Omega - 3 combined.

Studies have shown that up to seventy per cent of parents of children with ADHD report that the children have difficulty falling asleep and that they spend a long time putting them to bed.

90 per cent of children also said the BBC micro: bit taught them that anyone can code and 88 per cent said it showed them coding is not as difficult as they thought it would be.

The latest figures, for 2014/15, show that 19.1 per cent of children in Year 6 (aged 10 - 11) were obese and a further 14.2 per cent were overweight.

Results from 2014 show that 31.2 per cent of children aged 2 to 15 were classed as either overweight or obese.

The best available data from the ABS also showed that only around 70 per cent of children enrolled in dedicated preschool were attending for the full 15 hours a week.

On top of the 60 per cent pass rate for GCSEs, Morgan explained the new «Progress 8» accountability measure for secondary school's, which is designed to show a child's progress from primary to secondary education.

Results from the 2011 - 12 Australian Health Survey show that one quarter of children aged two — 17 are overweight or obese, with 18 per cent being overweight and seven per cent obese.

Research shows that obese children and adolescents are more likely to become obese adults and also develop various diseases such as type 2 diabetes, and a worrying 30 per cent of children in England are now classed as overweight or obese.

Data from the charity Young Minds has shown that 110 per cent of children and young people aged five to 16 suffer from a mental health disorder.

Carried out by Opinium Research, the survey showed that 95 per cent of parents of children taking up the offer are recognising the benefits for their child.

It cites figures showing just 21 per cent of boys and 16 per cent of girls met recommended guidelines for moderate exercise per day and that British children born today were on course to be 35 per cent less active by 2035.

A separate survey of 1,003 parents across Britain also showed that 92 per cent of respondents think schools have a duty to support the wellbeing and mental health of students, while more than half said they want more information about what their child's school is doing to promote this.

Analysis of Department for Education (DfE) information by the Press Association shows that last year, 80 out of 151 local councils (53 per cent) witnessed a decline in the number of children given their first choice secondary school in comparison to the year before.

The research also shows that parents are struggling to get their children diagnosed in terms of special needs, with 36 per cent having to wait over two years for a diagnosis.

The majority of parents (65 per cent) say they give presents because they like to show appreciation, and nearly eight out of ten say that their child enjoys giving their teacher a gift.

The figures also show that in 2016, decisions were made on whether 37,751 children and young people needed additional support through EHC plan, and of these, 95.6 per cent had plans made during 2016.

The figures show only 54 per cent of children from disadvantaged families reach a good level of development, compared with 72 per cent of the age group overall.

Figures show that just five per cent of children eligible for free school meals gain five A grades at GCSE, while a child living in one of England's most disadvantaged areas is 27 times more likely to go to an inadequate school than a child living in one of the least disadvantaged.

However, research by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the charity Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) shows that primary schools with more than 40 per cent of children on free school meals will on average lose # 473 per pupil.

New figures, published in July by the School Food Trust and the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA), show that an average of 44.1 per cent of children in primary schools and 37.6 per cent of pupils in secondary school opted for school meals in the 2010/11 year, up from 41.4 and 35.8 per cent respectively in the previous year.

Over 78 per cent of parents believe the cost of sending children to a state school is increasing, new research shows.

New research by children's charity Barnardo's shows that 40 per cent of teachers were not confident they would be able to identify a pupil that is caring for a sick or disabled family member at home.

In addition, 57 per cent of teachers said in - school counsellors would be able to better support vulnerable children, and showed how staff wished for better training to manage such issues.

Studies in several countries have shown that similar increases in back pain from around 13 per cent in children aged 12 - 16 to adult levels of around 30 per cent aged 15 - 19.

The latest AEDC data for Chapman Primary, released earlier this year, show big improvements in the physical health and wellbeing domain — 93.3 per cent of children are on track, compared with 84 per cent in the last census and 79 per cent in the 2009 AEDC collection.

showed half of seven - year - olds are doing nowhere near enough exercise with only 51 per cent of children in the study meeting CMO guidelines.

Research from the UCL Institute of Education, commissioned by the NUT and ATL, showed that over 90 per cent of teachers did not think Baseline Assessment was a fair and accurate way of assessing children.

Dakin said a full impact assessment should have been carried out when the regulations were amended in 2013, adding: «All evidence shows that regular attendance at school is crucial to ensuring children fulfil their potential, 100 per cent attendance records should be the ambition of all children, but this problem is of the government's own making.»

Ms Morgan referred to government figures which showed that although the proportion of pupils meeting the «required standard» in maths at age 11 had risen from 79 per cent in 2010 to 87 per cent last year, more than 74,000 children were still below it.

Research shows that, on average, the proportion of pupils in grammar schools who are eligible for free school meals is less than 3 per cent, and the Labour MP Lisa Nandy (pictured top) warned today that the government's proposals could see it «inflict an experiment» on millions of children based on «flimsy evidence» in favour of grammars.

Its adult protection score is quite good, at 93 per cent, but a score of 77 per cent for child occupant protection is not great for a family car, and a 55 per cent score in the safety assist category of the test shows just how much safety kit is either left on the options list or simply not available at all.

The report showed a significant improvement was made in closing the gap in the number of child deaths — the Indigenous rate decreased by 35 per cent over five years, however Indigenous Australians are three times more likely to die of an avoidable cause.

«For instance, the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service in Melbourne has immunisation rates that show an average of 91 per cent of their child patients are fully immunised, compared with rates of less than 50 per cent for Aboriginal children across Victoria.»

A large - scale survey of young adults by the NSPCC showed that seven per cent had, as children, suffered serious physical abuse, defined as violence causing injury or occurring regularly throughout childhood.