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Rickman is a writer and parent educator.

Features 29 May 2024

Interview: Author and educator Eloise Rickman

The Staff College’s BALI programme was established in 2012 to support black and Asian professionals. Picture: The Staff College

Features 29 May 2024

Making children’s services leadership more diverse

Covid-19’s impact on children’s contact with social workers will also be looked at. Picture: famveldman/Adobe Stock

News 23 May 2024

Covid inquiry turns attention to pandemic’s impact on children

MacAlister: 'Not enough has changed' over the last two years. Picture: Frontline

News 23 May 2024

Sector leaders criticise lack of progress two years on from Care Review publication

The conference takes place in central London. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 23 May 2024

Conference to examine what works for early help amid cuts to services

The manifestos account for the lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and cost-of-living crisis. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Marco Govel

News 22 May 2024

General Election 2024: What the children and young people's sector wants to see from the next government

The bill has been laid before parliament in Wales. Picture: Terry

News 22 May 2024

Bill to remove profit from children’s care introduced into Welsh Senedd

Jo Davidson is an associate at The Staff College.

Opinion 22 May 2024

Tackling false economies in child services

Research suggests that home-schooled children have reduced access to trusted adults. Picture: Gpointstudio/Adobe Stock

News 16 May 2024

Home schooling register could help protect children ‘kept away from wider society’

The document reveals the DfE's strategy to tackle profiteering in children's social care. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 15 May 2024

Birmingham Children’s Trust under fire over disclosing child's information

Clive Betts has criticised DfE over its 'refusal to engage' in an inquiry into child-friendly town planning. Picture: Parliament UK

News 15 May 2024

MP slams DfE’s ‘lack of engagement’ during child-friendly town inquiry

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes was killed in June 2020. Picture: West Midlands Police/Family handout

News 14 May 2024

‘Critical opportunities’ missed to prevent Arthur Labinjo-Hughes death, review finds

Children's Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza called for government to listen to her young ambassadors, who she brought to the stage. Picture: Amrit Virdi

News 14 May 2024

Young people: 'We are begging next government to improve children's services'

Concerns over failure to report abuse will be referred to regulators like Ofsted, government has announced. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 13 May 2024

Questions over plans to water down mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

Anne Longfield has called for heavier involvement of schools in a new iteration of Sure Start. Picture: Centre for Young Lives

News 10 May 2024

Longfield calls for schools to be at the centre of new Sure Start proposals

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