Ofsted have published statistics on inspections of local authority children’s services in England as at 31 March 2026. Key findings include: the overall quality of local authority children’s services in...
The Department for Education (DfE) has published the final report for the Family Voice Project in England. The project involved work with families to explore their experiences of accessing family support...
The Centre for Young Lives has published its annual State of the Nation report, collating data and indicators to track trends in poverty, mental health, education, safeguarding, housing, special educational...
Road-traffic noise significantly slows the development of crucial memory and attention skills in primary school children, research has found. The study of almost 2,700 children aged between seven and 10 in 38 schools in...
Metropolitan police documents say the force has been collecting “children’s personal data” from social media sites as part of a project to carry out “profiling on a large scale”. The Met says the scheme, known...
New Beginnings gives social workers the time to develop relationships with the families they help
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“Disappointing” government plans to delay a ban on junk food adverts on TV and online will slow efforts to tackle rising childhood obesity, paediatricians have warned. Currently one in four children living in the UK are...
Outcomes-based evaluation of youth work disrupts practitioners’ relationships with children and threatens the future of long-term provision, research has shown Read the full article on this link to Children & Young...
Less than four in every 1,000 births end in a stillbirth. In twin births, this rises to around seven in every 1,000 births, and this doesn’t take into account the babies that suffer a neonatal death. However, it’s...
The Salvation Army, one of the UK’s best known and well funded charities, has been accused of acting like “a rogue landlord” by leaving some of its private tenants exposed to “serious” hazards for at least seven years...
Three out of four teachers in the UK say class sizes are getting bigger, having a negative impact on pupil progress, levels of attainment and behaviour during lessons, according to a survey. Read the full article on...
The Coram Innovation Incubator have released a report on the future of children’s services. The report includes a summary of findings from a survey in early 2022 which asked local authority, voluntary and independent...
A poll shows nearly half of teachers in England plan to quit within the next five years. Ahead of the National Education Union’s (NEU) annual conference in Bournemouth this week, the NEU published data on Monday...
