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Children’s services

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...

August 19, 2026
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Family support services

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...

August 6, 2026
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Child welfare

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...

August 6, 2026

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Criminal justice system

The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a report on children’s experiences of the criminal justice system and support services following a crime. The research draws upon interviews with children who have...

June 4, 2024
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Multi-agency working

The HM Inspectorate of Probation has published a report on the ‘12Cs’ collective safeguarding responsibility model, highlighting how it can assist probation and youth justice services in England and Wales to gain a...

May 29, 2024
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Voice of the child

NSPCC Learning has published a briefing summarising learning from case reviews to support improved practice around the voice of the child. The briefing is based on a sample of case reviews published between 2019 and...

May 21, 2024
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Advocacy support services

The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a report on advocacy support during the criminal justice process for children who have experienced sexual and domestic abuse. The Commissioner examined data from all...

April 22, 2024
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Early intervention

Foundations has published a blog post on early intervention discussing findings from a recent evaluation of the Sure Start initiative published by the Institute of Fiscal Studies. The blog post sets out how learning...

April 16, 2024