News

Ethnicity should not be a barrier to adoption, says Tim Loughton

Social Care

Volunteering students in Lancaster help more than 6,500 children and young people

Youth Work

Ofsted report highlights key qualities of successful children's trusts

Education

SkillsActive launches strategy to improve quality of playwork

Early Years

LGA urges reforms as councils struggle to retain children's social workers

Social Care

Children's hospitals may lose two-thirds of their top-up funding

Health

Tony Bennett steps down as chief executive of Clubs for Young People

Youth Work

Poorer children twice as likely to start school with behavioural problems

Early Years

Rathbone renews funding plea for anti-knife scheme after Brooke Kinsella calls on schools to teach crime prevention

Youth Justice

Children raise concerns about being unprepared to enter the care system

Social Care

Cross-party inquiry launched into prospects of children in care

Education

Safe housing and support vital for vulnerable young people, study finds

Youth Work

Quality of childcare continues to be high, says Ofsted

Early Years

Pathfinder scheme sees levels of need slashed in nearly half of families involved

Social Care

Working families will be the big losers from welfare cuts, the TUC warns