Reforms to local authority inspections of children’s services (ILACS) will include the removal of the single-word overall effectiveness rating from April 2026, the inspectorate Ofsted has confirmed.

Lancashire County Council’s Virtual School Employment Support Team was the big winner at the 2025 Children & Young People Now ...

Nearly three quarters of 13–17-year-olds in a poll reported seeing real-world violence on social media in the past year – ...

Children’s sector leaders have welcomed the government's decision to end the two-child benefit cap, announced by Chancellor ...

The controversial two-child benefit cap is to be scrapped from April 2026, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has ...

London’s universal free school meals programme is generating more than £11.5 million in extra funding for settings every year ...

The new Initial Health Assessment (IHA) Delivery Standards recently published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child ...

Researchers have highlighted significant pressure on councils from rising severity and complexity of need among under fives.

Advice on how to bid for a short-term grant that funds communication and learning equipment for families caring for a ...

Policymakers need to go further to protect children from the all-pervasive nature of digital technology on their personal, ...

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced a review of guidelines for agencies to help tackle the criminalisation of ...