The government wants local authorities to do more to recruit and retain foster carers as it steps up efforts to reduce ...

Latest figures show the number of suspensions and exclusions have risen substantially over the past year, continuing the upwards trend since the Covid pandemic.

Dozens of children's services professionals are to be funded to undertake international study trips to learn about innovative ...

The Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has urged children to make reading a daily habit as part of a push to boost literacy ...

The development of a National Care Offer to ensure councils offer a consistent standard of financial and housing support to care leavers is among a raft of recommendations made by an influential group ...

The Department for Education has announced a £53 million initiative to create places in council-run children’s homes for some of the most vulnerable young people.

Charities supporting disadvantaged children and young people in London could miss out on more than £1 million in funding ...

Deeply moving” interviews with children revealing “Dickensian levels” of poverty have been published by the Children’s ...

Deeply moving” interviews with children revealing “Dickensian levels” of poverty have been published by the Children’s ...

Children’s services in Walsall have been upgraded to an overall “outstanding” rating by Ofsted after senior leaders made ...

A youth centre in one of England's most deprived neighbourhoods has reopened after a multi-million-pound refurbishment that ...

When I was seconded into the Youth Custody Service, I quickly realised that too few people outside the system understand how complex it can be to safeguard the children in secure establishments.