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Discharge proceedings are potentially distressing for parents and children alike. Picture: Tanya Volkova/Adobe Stock

Analysis 30 August 2023

Disparity between the discharge of care orders in England and Wales

Lord Jim Knight: “I don’t think summing up someone’s leadership or the entirety of what a school does with a single word is appropriate”

Features 30 August 2023

Interview: Lord Jim Knight, chair of an independent review of Ofsted

The act poses a threat to child protection in the UK. Picture: DimaBerlin/Adobe Stock

Features 30 August 2023

Legal: Illegal Migration Act – an update

Illustration: Macrovector/Adobe Stock

Funding 30 August 2023

Family Fund Mobility Support

Charity Children Heard and Seen’s summer residential weekend break saw 194 families come together to take part last year

Best Practice 30 August 2023

Children with a parent in prison get timely help

North Yorkshire Council's children's services have been rated 'outstanding' for a second time. Picture: North Yorkshire Council

News 25 August 2023

‘Outstanding’ council launches social worker recruitment campaign

Opinion 24 August 2023

Ensuring every child has meaningful relationships to depend on

Mark Russell is chief executive of The Children's Society

Opinion 24 August 2023

Keep up the pressure for all children across society

The intiative offers two tiers of training for organisations. Picture: Auremar/Adobe Stock

News 17 August 2023

Service launches to help charities tackle child sexual abuse

Essex County Council has been praised for continuing to offer 'outstanding' children's services. Picture: Nigel/Adobe Stock

News 14 August 2023

Essex council praised for ‘outstanding’ children’s services

Ofsted praised improvements made at Lambeth Council over the past year. Photo: Lambeth AdobeStock

News 10 August 2023

Ofsted praises Lambeth’s in house review of children’s services

Slough Borough Council has pledged to improve support for children with SEND. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 7 August 2023

DfE orders struggling council to improve SEND services

Winners of the CYP Now Awards 2023 will be unveiled at a ceremony on 23 November

News 3 August 2023

CYP Now Awards: 2023 finalists revealed

The Department for Education has sought evidence on how better support home-schooled children. Picture: Mediteraneo/Adobe Stock

News 2 August 2023

Fund councils to better monitor home education, ADCS urges

A judge has ruled that housing children in asylum hotels exceeds the Home Secretary's powers. Picture: Kenstocker/Adobe Stock

News 28 July 2023

Housing children in asylum hotels is 'unlawful’, judge rules