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Care-experienced teenagers ‘nine times more likely to face homelessness’

Children's Services
The LGO has called for changes over its powers to investigate complaints from families of children with SEND. Picture: Adobe Stock
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Autumn Budget 2024: Council chiefs welcome £1bn SEND funding boost

Education
Schools in deprived areas receive less funding per pupil, research shows. Picture: Adobe Stock
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Charity urges government to ‘learn lessons from Conservative education legacy'

Education
A third of respondents said they suffered from depression. Picture: Adobe Stock
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Child mental health referrals top one million for third year in a row

Health
The CRC covers a child's right to education and play. Image: Adobe Stock
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Sure Start programme cut youth custody risk by a fifth, report finds

Youth Justice
Children with SEND faced a higher exclusion rate than their non-SEN peers in 2022/23, DfE figures show. Picture: Adobe Stock
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SEND system failing children and cash-strapped councils, NAO finds

Health
Bridget Phillipson is MP for Houghton and Sunderland. Picture: UK Parliament
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Education Secretary orders review of planned free schools

Education
New data shows 'overwhelming' support for expanding access to free school meals, according to researchers. Picture: Monkey business/Adobe Stock
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Automatic enrolment pilot feeds 20,000 extra pupils

Education
Disadvantaged children are at risk of being locked out of funded childcare, the NAO warns. Picture: Adobe Stock
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Persistently low access to childcare blighting poorer areas, Ofsted warns

Early Years
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Rising number of women who died during pregnancy known to social services

Health
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Children left waiting years for a SEND diagnosis, Children’s Commissioner warns

Education
Janet Daby: ‘I very much believe in early intervention like keeping families together’
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Government commits to taking forward Conservatives’ family help model

Social Care