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Christine Lenehan addressed 200 guests during her retirement speech. Picture: NCB

News 26 September 2023

Lenehan urges sector to ‘keep pushing’ for SEND improvement in retirement speech

It is hoped the introduction of regulations for semi-independent settings for 16- and 17-year-olds will raise standards of care for vulnerable young people. Picture: Seventyfour/Adobe Stock

Features 26 September 2023

Residential Care Special Report 2023

Researchers are calling for duties on local authorities to prevent criminalisation of children in the care system. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Motortion.

News 25 September 2023

One in three children in care enter youth justice system, study finds

Medway Council has worked for the past four years to improve its Ofsted rating. Picture: Medway Council.

News 25 September 2023

Council’s children’s services receives uplifted Ofsted rating

Sue McAllister is former prisons and probation ombudsman. Picture: Office of the PPO

News 25 September 2023

Former prisons ombudsman appointed as chief inspector of probation

The law has been put in place to protect young people on the internet. Picture: Adobe Stock/Suzi Media

Features 25 September 2023

Online Safety Bill: What's included and the impact on children

Gillian Keegan has been urged to implement a definition of CCE. Picture: UK Parliament

News 22 September 2023

MPs call for statutory definition of child criminal exploitation

Low salaries for qualified early years teachers is a likely factor in the decrease, reasearch finds. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 21 September 2023

Qualified early years teacher numbers plummet over last decade

'Children who always worried about money were several times more likely to be unhappy,' say the Children’s Society. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 21 September 2023

Money worries overtake young people’s fears about the environment

Sector leaders have shared views on the government's plan to implement recommendations made in the Care Review. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 21 September 2023

Sector raises questions over plan for RCCs in response to Care Review consultation

Jon Rallings: “Virtual schools are at an important juncture since their remit was expanded”

Opinion 21 September 2023

Virtual schools’ expanded remit needs more cash

Derren Hayes: “In its absence, will children’s charities, large or small, feel bold enough to challenge the growing and rampant marketisation of children’s services?”

Other 21 September 2023

Children England’s demise highlights failing ‘market’

Deborah McMillan is interim national safeguarding partner facilitator

Opinion 21 September 2023

Independent scrutiny is ‘grit’ in safeguarding system

John Drew is senior associate at the Prison Reform Trust

Opinion 21 September 2023

Child impact assessments give courts full picture

Children England launched its ChildFair State Inquiry in May. Picture: Children England

News 20 September 2023

Children England to close after 81 years