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Primary schools are losing out on funding, unions have warned. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 18 March 2021

Pupil premium funding changes ‘wiping out’ Covid-19 catch up grants

Milton Keynes Council has withdrawn guidance for teenagers. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 18 March 2021

Council withdraws controversial housing advice for teenagers following legal threat

Josh MacAlister has revealed his early plans for the review. Picture: Frontline

News 17 March 2021

Care Review chair to ‘join children’s commissioner on children’s home visits’

Tutoring programmes have not been set up in hundreds of schools, according to the NAO. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 17 March 2021

School catch-up schemes 'not reaching' disadvantaged children, NAO warns

Young people will be asked to feed into the inquiry. Picture: Become

News 17 March 2021

MPs spotlight inquiry into children’s social care launched with West Midlands event

Campaigners have celebrated the move. Picture: SYP/Twitter

News 17 March 2021

Scotland enshrines UNCRC in domestic law

Rachel De Souza is the new children's commissioner for England. Picture: DfE

News 16 March 2021

Children’s commissioner launches ‘once-in-a-generation’ review of childhood

Artists Fark and My Dog Sighs with the mural in Portsmouth. Picture: Portsmouth City Council

News 16 March 2021

World Social Work Day: Mural unveiled among events to celebrate social workers

Blackpool's children's services are now 'built on a solid foundation', DfE has said. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 15 March 2021

Blackpool to retain control of children’s services following DfE review

Helen Blackman has been described as 'a lovely person with a wonderful smile'. Picture: Nottingham City Council

News 15 March 2021

Tributes to Nottingham’s ‘dedicated’ DCS who died from Covid-19

The study will look into children's homes and foster care placements. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 12 March 2021

CMA to examine children’s social care market

The teenagers were described as 'severely overweight'. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 11 March 2021

Teenagers placed in foster care amid concerns over weight

Access to education is vital to improving life chances, the research shows. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 11 March 2021

Prioritise education to tackle pandemic-fuelled inequality, say public

Ofsted has issued the home with two compliance notices.

News 10 March 2021

Ofsted criticises 'unjustified' isolation of children at residential home

Carol Homden: This will become the go-to place for cross-sector partnership. Picture: Coram

News 10 March 2021

Cross-sector partnership launches to promote children’s social care innovation