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Tailored support for adopted teenagers is a recommendation made by Adoption UK. Picture: Synthex🇺🇦

21 May 2024

Support for adopted teenagers needs ‘urgent and dramatic improvement’, charity warns

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The UKYP has around 300 elected members. Picture: UKYP/Twitter

21 May 2024

NYA appointed to run UK Youth Parliament

Fiona Simpson Youth Work

The scheme will support care leavers into paid healthcare careers. Picture: Amrit Virdi

20 May 2024

University scheme to support care leavers into nursing

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Oasis Restore is on the site of the former Medway Secure Training Centre. Picture: Oasis Charitable Trust

20 May 2024

UK’s first secure school ready to open

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Hundreds of settings will see children living alone, figures show. Picture: Adobe Stock

20 May 2024

Hundreds of supported accommodation providers register with Ofsted

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Kate Roughley was convicted following a trial at Manchester Crown Court. Picture: Debu55y/Adobe Stock

20 May 2024

Stockport nursery worker guilty of baby’s manslaughter

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Brighton and Hove has seen 'no deterioration' in its children's services since 2018, according to inspectors. Picture: Adobe Stock

17 May 2024

Council’s children’s services praised for ‘excellent’ family support

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Researchers suggest extending compulsory education would mitigate pandemic learning loss. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

16 May 2024

DfE proposes ban on teaching sex education to young children

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One in 10 children and young people are affected by long-term and persistent speech, language, and communication needs. Picture: Dgl images/Adobe Stock

16 May 2024

Webinar to share best practice on teaching pupils with mild vision and hearing difficulties

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

16 May 2024

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

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Age assessments left young people feeling suicidal in some cases, researchers find. Picture: Adobe Stock

16 May 2024

Age checks harming refugee children’s mental health, study warns

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The funding will be used to provide more face-to-face support for children as young as eight. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Seventyfour

15 May 2024

Children’s Society to expand mental health services with £1mn award

Amrit Virdi Youth Work

The partnership will examine the impact of youth provision on children's mental health. Picture: NCS

15 May 2024

NCS partnership to define youth services impact on mental health

Fiona Simpson Youth Work

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

15 May 2024

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

Joe Lepper Children's Services

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

15 May 2024

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

Joe Lepper Children's Services