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Newcastle City Council led the commissioning framework for the last eight years. Picture: GraemeJBaty/Adobe Stock

Analysis 27 June 2023

Framework closure risks reforms

Meera Spillett and Rosemary Campbell-Stephens founders of the BALI programme

Analysis 27 June 2023

Racial diversity in leadership

Harker: ‘We’re failing to invest in preventative services’

Features 27 June 2023

Interview: Lisa Harker, director, the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory

Inspectors found delays in organising education for restricted status children following their arrival in custody. Picture: beysim/Adobe Stock

Features 27 June 2023

Inspections Clinic: Prisoners with restricted status

FGCs were found to have a positive impact for families. Picture: Rethea B/peopleimages.com/Adobe Stock

Features 27 June 2023

Legal Update: Family group conferences

Derren Hayes: "Is it right to expect educators to solve the problems caused by toxic social media, junk food or poverty of opportunity?"

Opinion 22 June 2023

Make schools part of wider support system

Deborah McMillan is former children's commissioner for Jersey

Opinion 22 June 2023

Lack of access, not technology, is enemy of play

Plymouth DCS Sharon Muldoon said she is proud of what the department has achieved during her year in post. Picture: Sharon Muldoon/Plymouth City Council

News 9 June 2023

DCS to step down after just a year in post

The conference will highlight key reforms to early help services. Picture: Photograph eeu/Adobe Stock

News 1 June 2023

Early help conference to focus on reforms and best practice

News 30 May 2023

In the new edition of CYP Now: Social prescribing, Commissioning care special, Social worker recruitment

A legal definition could give clarity to kinship carers. Picture: Svitlana/Adobe Stock

Features 30 May 2023

Legal Update: Kinship care arrangements

Mark Owers: 'These approaches will help to get everyone on the same page, speaking the same language about needs'

Opinion 25 May 2023

Better assessments key to the right support

The IICSA put forward 20 recommendations to government. Picture: IICSA

News 23 May 2023

Home Office response to child sexual abuse inquiry ‘will not protect children’, review chair warns

John Pearce on children’s mental health services: ‘It’s now essential we continue to push for a full national review’

Features 25 April 2023

Interview: ADCS president John Pearce

The Raising Rochdale integrated SEND service won the Public Sector Children’s Team category at the CYP Now Awards 2022

Best Practice 25 April 2023

Integrated service reshapes SEND support for Rochdale