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...
A content advisory notice for racism in classic Disney films, in place since last year, has been updated with a strengthened message. When played on the Disney+ streaming service, films such as Dumbo, Peter Pan and...
Care is a short word that is ubiquitous, used for the most intimate relationships with vulnerability and dependence from birth to death. Fired by curiosity, I have hunted out people whose lives are dominated by care...
Feeling loved and supported by friends and family is a top priority for children’s health and wellbeing, a survey of young people has found. New research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) used a number of...
Overstretched health visitors have been forced to care for up to 2,400 families with newborns at a time, 10 times the recommended number, according to the sector’s most senior figure. Read the full article on this link...
In a letter to children’s minister Vicky Ford, the Children’s Rights Alliance for England questions the independence of the board selected to appoint a replacement for Anne Longfield, due to be announced in December...
It was once a widely accepted way of explaining why some children struggled to read and write. But in recent years, some experts have begun to question the existence of dyslexia itself. Read the full article on this...
There is a lack of evidence that schemes including the Soft Drinks Industry Levy and reducing calories in food will work to improve childhood obesity, a new report by the National Audit Office states. It also...
Three local authorities have proposed multi-million pound cuts to children’s services budgets due to the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Documents published by Luton and Oxfordshire councils show planned cuts...
What a time to announce it, just as evidence grows that children are under extreme stress as they return to school next week. Suffolk county council – with 50 out of 75 councillors Tory since time immemorial –...
Grandparents, and in particular grandmothers, are an important source of informal child care for their grandchildren in most developed countries. The literature shows how these informal transfers of care can help...
