Death rate three to four times higher than among general population blamed on isolation of those leaving care
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The charity Become has published a report on the experiences of girls in care placed far from their local area and support networks. The report highlights the voices of eight care-experienced young women in...
Ofsted has published a report analysing children’s social care sufficiency in England. The report presents a new index to measure the sufficiency of children’s social care provision, looking at how...
Ofsted has published a report looking at what children and young people told them about their experiences of living in children’s homes or living with foster carers in England. Findings from questionnaire responses from...
Children in care are receiving less support and do not feel as safe as in previous years, a study by Ofsted has found. The inspectorate’s annual children’s social care questionnaire gathered responses from...
The proportion of young people who remain in foster care after turning 18 has fallen to its lowest level since the introduction of the Staying Put duty, new figures show. The proportion of young people staying in foster...
Anne Longfield wants the government to consider fining schools that try to improve exam results by “off-rolling” pupils. Growing numbers of vulnerable children are being pushed out of education as schools...
An initiative to support children leaving care has only enough funding to support one in five young people, councils have warned. Currently all care leavers are entitled to support from a personal adviser, providing...
Sexual exploitation scandals are not going away. We must reach vulnerable children before the grooming gangs do Some time ago I was sitting in the Sunday school room of a local church, with posters made by kids...
A coalition of more than 40 leading children’s organisations and experts has written to government urging it to reject several proposals from a major review of the fostering system, because they would...
Government efforts to improve residential care will focus on just two areas until there is clarity about leadership arrangements across children’s social care in its entirety, the man in charge of the reforms has...
One in 10 residential children’s care providers are potentially facing insolvency because they are unable to meet the costs of “sleep-in” pay for staff, according to a survey. The Independent...
Adoption law should be overhauled to ensure children can retain close contact with their birth families, the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has said following the findings of an academic study. Professor...
