BBC News – Education & Family

• More children caught bringing knives into school
  Knives, swords and machetes are among the weapons taken into school, police figures show.
• Child gambling a 'growing problem' – study
  Two-fifths of 11- to 16-year-olds have gambled in the past year, research suggests.
• Career ambitions 'already limited by age of seven'
  Young people are often trapped by a lack of knowledge about job options, a report says.
• Home education a 'huge undertaking for parents' – Ofsted
  Home educating is often a last resort for parents whose children have had problems at school, Ofsted says.
• More families needed for children awaiting adoption
  More than twice as many children in England are waiting to be adopted as there are families willing to adopt.