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24 November 2021

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The council has asked the family to send their children to school. Picture: Adobe Stock

23 November 2021

Council threatened with legal action over Covid-19 school attendance rules

Fiona Simpson Education

Hundreds of asylum-seeking children arrived in Dover earlier this year. Picture: Adobe Stock

23 November 2021

National Transfer Scheme becomes compulsory

Fiona Simpson Social Care

More children risk being taken into care due to cuts to early help services, councils have warned. Picture: Adobe Stock

22 November 2021

Almost 100,000 children could be in care by 2025, councils warn

Nina Jacobs Children's Services

The DfE is proposing to reset the three-year inspection cycle for children's social care providers. Picture: Adobe Stock

22 November 2021

DfE launches consultation on children’s social care inspections

Fiona Simpson Social Care

Many kinship carers often live in poverty and are older than other groups raising children, research shows. Picture: Adobe Stock

21 November 2021

Peer support services boost for kinship carers

Nina Jacobs Social Care

Children from disadvantaged areas face greater cuts, the report warns. Picture: Adobe Stock

19 November 2021

Child vulnerability crisis sparked by decade of early help cuts, Lords warn

Fiona Simpson Social Care

Seven in 10 children reported viewing harmful content during lockdown. Picture: NSPCC

19 November 2021

Surge in online child sexual exploitation over lockdown

Fiona Simpson Youth Justice

Slough Council has said it 'needs to improve and fast'. Picture: Google Maps

18 November 2021

Slough Council vows to improve SEND services after damning report

Joe Lepper Education

LEYF offers an extra 15-hours of funded childcare to disadvantaged parents. Picture: LEYF

18 November 2021

Reform 30-hour childcare to support disadvantaged families, charity urges

Joe Lepper Early Years

There has been increase of adolescents entering care during the pandemic, figures show. Picture: Adobe Stock

18 November 2021

Number of children in care at highest level on record, latest figures show

Fiona Simpson Social Care

Local authorities are struggling to find placements following the ban in September. Picture: Adobe Stock

18 November 2021

Ban on unregulated accommodation ‘increasing pressure’ on local authorities

Fiona Simpson Social Care

Herefordshire County Council has also published an improvement plan for children's services. Picture: Adobe Stock

17 November 2021

DfE gives £1.74m to struggling Herefordshire County Council

Fiona Simpson Social Care

Violence between inmates at Cookham Wood YOI has risen significantly over two years. Picture: Peter Crane

17 November 2021

Violent incidents increase by 70 per cent at Cookham Wood YOI

Joe Lepper Youth Justice

One in five children in the UK are classed as obese, according to NHS figures. Picture: Adobe Stock

17 November 2021

NHS launches specialist clinics amid spike in childhood obesity

Joe Lepper Health