anne longfield has also suggested posting designated police officers and security to every school to help combat violence. she said that opening classrooms outside of usual hours could have a transformative effect on society. jane—frances kelly reports. bell rings. the school bell marks the end of the day, but the children's commissioner for england would prefer it if pupils stayed on for a range of activities, rather than going straight home. anne longfield fears too many children are ending up indoors, stuck in front of their computers during theirfree time, because they don't feel safe playing outdoors. they have fantastic sports and arts facilities, technology there. all of it gets locked up just at the time when children need it most. the sad fact is, we know the violence peaks between 4pm and 6:30pm when children are leaving school. that is just when schools need to be open. she warns that in more and more areas, gangs are operating in streets and parks, grooming increasingly younger children. to help tackle the problem, she would like schools to open at weekends, evenings and

anne longfield has also suggested posting designated police officers and security to every school toof usual hours could have a transformative effect on society. jane—frances kelly reports. bell rings. the school bell marks the end of the day, but the children's commissioner for england would prefer it if pupils stayed on for a range of activities, rather than going straight home. anne longfield fears too many children are ending up indoors, stuck in front of their computers during theirfree time, because they don't feel safe playing outdoors. they have fantastic sports and arts facilities, technology there. all of it gets locked up just at the time when children need it most. the sad fact is, we know the violence peaks between four and 6:30pm when children are leaving school. that is just when schools need to be open. she warns that in more and more areas, gangs are operating in streets and parks, grooming increasingly younger children. to help tackle the problem, she would like schools to open at weekends, evenings and during school holidays to provide a safe place for extracurricu

it's an idea being put forward by the children's commissioner for england, anne longfield. cked by the messages i get from children about feeling safe, they say they do not feel safe after school and they will not go out in the evening because they do not feel safe in their community and what we do know is in lots of areas, as a result of reduced budgets from local authorities and elsewhere, the things that used to be there, the after—school clubs, sports club, are not there anymore. we also know is in some areas what has taken their place are gangs, those looking for those children who have nowhere to 90, those children who have nowhere to go, and looking to groom them and recruit them into those gangs. so it isa simple recruit them into those gangs. so it is a simple idea, lots of schools will do it or have done it in the past. but it is becoming less and less frequent and it is something that could absolutely transform lives. many children. as you say it isa simple lives. many children. as you say it is a simple idea but not as simple as just is a simple idea but not as s

anne longfield said children no longer feel safe on the streets, and that opening classrooms outsideusual hours could offer a safe space. jane—frances kelly reports. bell rings the school bell marks the end of the day, but the children's commissioner for england would prefer it if pupils stayed on for a range of activities, rather than going straight home. anne longfield fears too many children are ending up indoors, stuck in front of their computers during theirfree time, because they don't feel safe playing outdoors. she warns that in more and more areas, gangs are operating in streets and parks, grooming increasingly younger children. to help tackle the problem, she would like schools to open at weekends, evenings and during school holidays to provide a safe place for extracurricular activities. anne longfield says about £2.6 billion a year of extra funding is needed to allow schools to stay open out of hours and to provide more high—quality youth support in communities. to put that cost in context, it's as much as the promised increase in school funding across the whole of englan

anne longfield has also suggested posting designated police officers and security to every school tocould have a transformative effect on society. jane—frances kelly reports. bell rings. the school bell marks the end of the day, but the children's commissioner for england would prefer it if pupils stayed on for a range of activities, rather than going straight home. anne longfield fears too many children are ending up indoors, stuck in front of their computers during theirfree time, because they don't feel safe playing outdoors. they have fantastic sports and arts facilities, technology there.

anne longfield has also suggested posting designated police officers and security to every school to. she said that opening classrooms outside of usual hours could have a transformative effect on society. 29,000 people have woken up this morning with a new gas and electricity provider after eversmart energy became the latest supplier company to go bust. they'll be hoping for a smoother transition to their new provider than those of extra energy, a company which went into administration 10 months ago — and is still sending out bills. ellen fraser is an analyst at baringa partners — a consultancy firm which focues on the energy market — shejoins me now in the studio. thank you for coming in. in terms of people getting bills, we have heard from money box, our reporter said a foreign half thousand pound bill was sent, that's unbelievable. —— make a full thousand £500 bill. it's hard to understand how that happened, i understand they were only with the supplierfor 2.5 years understand they were only with the supplier for 2.5 years and so the fa ct supplier for 2.5 years and so the fact th

i think anne longfield is reminding us that this is an extraordinary level of collateral damage thatrather draw attention away from the kind of qualifications that can show young people can do other things. at some point, as a nation, we have to say that of course academic basics are important but there are other skills and quality patient as well and that is about the dignity of young people and what we are proposing is something that, whether you are 14, 15 or 16, you can show employers with a piece of paper that ican, like employers with a piece of paper that i can, like a driving test would show you can drive them i can do the basics of english and maths and that is the conversation we are having with the department for education. thank you very much. time for a look at the weather with darren. and good afternoon, we have a strong wind across the uk but it is dry and sunny and warm in the sunshine with the cloud from east anglia breaking up the cloud from east anglia breaking up and heading into yorkshire and lincolnshire and those are the temperatures, probably top in aberdeensh

anne longfield described the 28 per cent increase in the last four years as "shameful".aying on longer, they stay until 18 hour. your children are leaving with a basic set of qualifications and that is usually defined as level two, five gcse attainments on that accounts for one in five children, 100,000 children. as is so often the case, children who are the poorest, children with social educational needs that the worst in this situation. the government draws different conclusions. they are saying the attainments are improving. there has been a 25% increase in the number of children who leave school without that basic set of qualifications between 2015 and 2018. accounts for well over a third of all children, leaving without the basic set and in some areas, that rises to over half and half of children with special educational needs leave without that basic set of qualifications. this isn't just a basic set of qualifications. this isn'tjust a piece of paper. this is the route to their career, their employment, income for the rest of their lives and what it does mean is th

we can speak to the children's commissioner for england, anne longfield. who need the best kind of protection. see when you seal those kind of stories they are, what are the main concern is for you about the structures we are talking about? these experiences are desperate, these are really vulnerable teenagers with some of the most complex needs in the country. they are in care or had been identified as in need. there has been a huge growth in the numbers of 16 and 17—year—olds in care, they now account for the quarter of all children in care. councils have not been able to keep up councils have not been able to keep up with that there is not the amount of good quality accommodation available. what it means for these kids is that they had been sent to places where they know the one, they are places where they know the one, they a re often places where they know the one, they are often in highly unacceptable accommodation that is dangerous, and it's obviously a recipe for disaster. the fact that it is happening, something deeply concerning, and carry out my

however the children's commissioner, anne longfield, says the problem of children with outcomes for 16urse, just a piece of paper but their roots, to their career, employment, their income for the rest of their lives and it means that they are limited if they do not have that basic set on the kind of progression that they can have. many will not be able to start basic apprenticeships without that basic set of qualifications. joining me now is martin lennon, a policy analyst for the children's commissioner. these figures are stark. 0ne these figures are stark. one in five children, nearly one in five children, nearly one in five children, 18%, not getting this basic attainment level at gcse and also that the figure is going up by 2496 in also that the figure is going up by 24% in the last three years. what is going wrong? well, i think we need to investigate what is going wrong. we spend a lot of time in the education system looking at what happens when you are 16 and how many children get five gcses. the pass rate is fairly static at about 20% and will be because of the nature of the g

the children‘s commissioner, anne longfield, says the problem has increased by 28% in the last four yearsatest business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live: a day of global climate change protests. the aim — to get businesses and governments to cut emissions. the brexit secretary has held talks in brussels with the eu‘s chief negotiator, he‘s said he still believes a brexit deal can be done. saudi arabia claims it has evidence showing iran sponsored attacks on two of the country‘s oil installations. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. as you‘ve been hearing — thomas cook is racing to get hold of more rescue funds — the travel company could fall into administration this weekend unless the it finds an extra £200 million. rbs is the first of the uk‘s big four banks to be led by a woman — it‘s named alison rose as its new chief executive. she joined the bank 27 years ago as a graduate trainee, will replace ross mcewan in november. and she‘ll be paid more than him — her annual salary has been set at £1.1 million. and climate change commitments — some of the wor