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Children’s teeth are decaying “at a higher rate than usual” due to hunger and poor diet, experts say. Picture: RawPixel.com/Adobe Stock

Analysis 24 September 2024

Spotlight on fixing oral health

Analysis 24 September 2024

Focus on adoption matching

Analysis 24 September 2024

The decline of open-access youth work and how to turn it around

Steve Chalke: Oasis Restore will provide an environment where young people feel safe and secure. Picture: Oasis Charitable Trust

News 23 September 2024

Oasis partners with south London youth organisation

Foster carers have offered advice to those considering the role. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 20 September 2024

Investigation reveals stark regional differences in foster carer payments

Colin Foster is chief executive of Northamptonshire Children’s Trust

Blogs 20 September 2024

Kind eyes – how do we replace judgment with curiosity?

News 20 September 2024

Fire service seeks views on new working with young people qualification

Thousands of settings have closed in a year, Ofsted finds. Picture: AdobeStock

News 19 September 2024

More than 400 nurseries closed over last two years, research finds

News 19 September 2024

Commissioner rejects ‘costly and time consuming’ trust model for Tameside’s children’s services

Some youth bodies used the call for evidence as a chance to express frustrations about existing guidance. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 19 September 2024

Warning over voluntary youth providers' low funding reserves

News 18 September 2024

Tougher action needed to tackle children’s oral health crisis, ministers told

Researchers suggest extending compulsory education would mitigate pandemic learning loss. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

News 18 September 2024

Council launches formal consultation on school closures amid falling pupil numbers

A 12-year-old boy has been sentenced at Liverpool Youth Court following riots in August

News 18 September 2024

Boy, 12, youngest person to be sentenced over riot offences

Dr Gavin Morgan is chair of the Division of Educational and Child Psychology at the British Psychological Society

Blogs 18 September 2024

We need more educational psychologists in our local authorities – and we need to ensure we retain them

Educational psychologists say they do not have the time to properly fulfil their roles

News 17 September 2024

‘Unmanageable’ workloads risk educational psychologist shortage, survey reveals