Amid concerns around the lack of support for adopters, an organisation specialising in providing therapeutic services has ...

A youth centre serving a deprived area of Thanet has been saved from closure after being awarded £535,000 in government funding.

Former Conservative children’s minister Will Quince has been appointed chief executive of the 1001 Critical Days Foundation – ...

Children's services professionals from across the UK have been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours List.

The government is to introduce a package of measures to reverse the long-term decline in fostering households, children and ...

Anna Freud would have welcomed the review into rates of mental health, autism and ADHD diagnosis as a way of better ...

There is likely to be debate on whether the UK should follow Australia's social media ban for under-16s, but rather than ...

Government efforts to focus on improving attendance rather than the factors causing children to miss school is a mistake and won't work, says virtual academy head Hugh Viney. Hugh Viney is chief ...

Social care inspectorates have highlighted shortcomings – as well as pockets of strong practice – in how local area partnerships support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) ...

The government has unveiled proposals for a new child protection body as part of a national strategy to strengthen safeguards for children and prevent abuse and exploitation. The plans will address ...

The first national youth strategy in 15 years includes a commitment to review councils' statutory duty to provide youth services and £500 million of extra funding to repair the “decimated” sector.

A legal challenge to the government’s decision to extend the use of the chemical irritant spray Pava in young offender institutions (YOI) was heard at the High Court this week. The hearing at the High ...