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Plans in the Levelling Up white paper include the creation of 55 education investment areas in England where school outcomes are weakest. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

Analysis 1 March 2022

Levelling Up: the key proposals for children and young people

Derren Hayes: 'Moving to a ‘report card’ system should remove the stigma that came with being branded inadequate'

Opinion 1 March 2022

University access key to success of levelling up

Jo Davidson is former director of The Staff College

Opinion 1 March 2022

The time to diversify children’s services is now

Mark Russell is chief executive of The Children’s Society

Opinion 1 March 2022

Levelling up is about more than better grades

Researchers looked at representation of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children in social services. Picture: Fresnel6/Adobe Stock

Research 1 March 2022

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children in Child Welfare Services in England

Buckinghamshire Council became a unitary authority in 2020. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 21 February 2022

Children's services at new unitary authority 'impeded' by social work quality

North Somerset Council is based in Weston-super-Mare. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 14 February 2022

North Somerset: Vulnerable childrens' needs secondary to parents', Ofsted finds

The conference will focus on how to use evidence and evaluation to improve children's outcomes. Image: Adobestock

News 4 February 2022

Conference shines spotlight on effective evidence and evaluation

News 3 February 2022

In the latest edition of CYP Now: Foster care special, digital poverty, and SEND Review

Alison O’Sullivan is chair of the National Children’s Bureau and former ADCS president

Opinion 1 February 2022

Children’s services reform needs brave leaders

Information on how many applications are heard without the local authority being served is hard to come by. Picture: alfa27/Adobe Stock

Features 1 February 2022

Legal Update: Discharge of SGOs

Theresa Leavy says the county has a complex make up, combining rural areas, coastal communities and pockets of deep poverty. Picture: Patryk Kosmider /Adobe Stock

Best Practice 1 February 2022

Local Spotlight: Dorset Council

Most parents would trust grandparents to raise their children, research finds. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 17 January 2022

Make kinship care first port of call for children, charity urges

Children as young as seven are being targeted by online groomers. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 13 January 2022

Surge in online sexual abuse of young children

News 5 January 2022

In the January edition of CYP Now: Sustainable services special, workforce development, safeguarding in the spotlight