Best Practice

Robust evidence helps ensure services use the right approaches at the right time

Evidence at the centre of commissioning

Social Care
Providers and local authorities should work on cultivating ‘ongoing relationships’

Relationships at heart of practice

Social Care
Unannounced QA visits have shaped Slough Children First's commissioning process

Children's views shape commissioning

Social Care
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Research

EYFS reforms increased the focus on developing children's literacy skills. Picture: atikinka/AdobeStock

Research Report: Children and young people’s reading in 2024

The scheme was first announced in 2017. Picture: Adobe Stock

One-to-one counselling and school attendance in the UK

Social workers have faced scrutiny following the high-profile deaths. Picture: Adobe Stock

Parental Risk Factors and Children Entering Care: Risk and Parent’s Sex

The analysis shows 37.8% of the looked-after children were in non-mainstream school settings at the age of 16. Picture: Gpointstudio/Adobe Stock

Non-Mainstream Schools and Educational Outcomes of Children in Care

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