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...
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has published a report looking at child health and wellbeing in the UK. The report brings together evidence across 12 indicators of child health...
Analysis of 12 indicators including asthma, obesity and vaccination finds child health is ‘national embarrassment’ Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this: Share on X (Opens in new...
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...
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...
The deployment of the government’s childcare scheme to tens of thousands more families is facing “significant uncertainties” and may struggle to meet its own targets, according to a report by Whitehall’s spending...
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...
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...
England’s childcare system is failing and falling behind those of much of the rest of the world, a UK charity for gender equality and women’s rights has said. The Fawcett Society said childcare in England was failing on...
