Local government and children’s services leaders have defended councils’ use of unregistered children’s homes after Ofsted announced it will take a tougher ...

A training programme, led by young people with experience of the care system, is helping improve the skills of Personal ...

The Fordingbridge case has reignited the debate over the use of custody for young people. Here, former children's commissioner Maggie Atkinson argues that ...

Summary of research that assessed how access to outdoor play in the pre-school years affected children's mental health at the age of eight.

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Donna Jones, has welcomed the decision by the ...

Care leavers’ chances of progressing to higher education vary sharply depending on where they live, according to a sector ...

The Department for Education is offering councils support to identify and help teenagers at risk of becoming not in education ...

A probe into England’s childcare sector will examine whether funding and affordability pressures are leaving families ...

Campaigners are calling for care leavers to receive stronger national and local support to overcome basic barriers to work ...

Councils across England have been urged to check they are meeting their legal duties to armed forces families after an ...

Referrals to children and young people’s mental health services surged by almost 10% last year to more than one million, the ...

Debra Davies, early years development manager for Better Start in Blackpool explains how services and agencies are working ...