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Boris Johnson vowed to invest £14bn in schools. Picture: Conservatives

News 25 November 2019

General Election: Conservative manifesto pledges £14bn for schools and crackdown on youth violence

The Early Years Alliance describes a proposed £1bn new childcare fund as “loose change” from the Conservatives. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 25 November 2019

Election 2019: Conservative manifesto lacks focus on children and young people, sector leaders warn

Some 83 per cent of kinship carers asked said they were grandparents. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 25 November 2019

End unfair treatment of kinship carers, says Sir James Munby

Nearly two-thirds of teachers said they had seen an increase in hungry pupils. Picture: Shutterstock

News 23 November 2019

Teachers report sharp increase in child poverty

Figures showed more young young people not in training or employment than any time in the last three years

News 22 November 2019

Level of Neet young people hits three-year high

Labour have vowed to create a National Youth Service Image: Adobe Stock

News 22 November 2019

Election 2019: Campaigners back Labour's £1bn investment pledge for youth work

ADCS head Rachel Dickinson has called for action on exclusion and off-rolling

News 21 November 2019

ADCS president calls for review of head teachers' powers to exclude pupils

Almost 700 children in the UK are at risk of domestic violence every day. Image: Action for Children

News 21 November 2019

Almost 700 children at risk of domestic violence every day, study shows

Jeremy Corbyn launches the Labour Party manifesto in Birmingham. Image: The Labour Party

News 21 November 2019

Election 2019: Labour Party pledges £845m to improve children's mental health

Campaigners have called for clarity over Ofsted's ruling on off-rolling

News 21 November 2019

Calls for clarity over Ofsted off-rolling judgments

The ADCS has called for a shake-up to youth mental health services. Image: Adobe Stock

News 21 November 2019

ADCS calls for shake up of ‘failing’ youth mental health services

Education leaders have welcomed Labour's manifesto pledges on school funding Image: Adobe Stock

News 21 November 2019

Election 2019: Education leaders praise Labour's vow to reverse school cuts

The CRC covers a child's right to education and play. Image: Adobe Stock

News 20 November 2019

Convention on the Rights of the Child: Two-thirds of young people ‘have never heard of act’

Blogs 20 November 2019

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at 30: There’s still much to do before its vision is a reality

The new blueprint would focus more on social workers' time with families. Image: Adobe Stock

News 20 November 2019

Social care blueprint aims to slash caseloads