Intensive support trialled for jobless 16- and 17-year-olds not receiving benefits; adoption hearing cancelled due to lack of translators; and report reveals impact of recession on child poverty, all in the news today.
Q: A young person I work with wishes to make a complaint about disability discrimination in relation to an experience she had at her school. How should she go about doing this?
Gove highlights FGM risk in letter to school head teachers; Coventry councillors work together to improve children's services; and Nottinghamshire councils develop plan to cut child injuries, all in the news today.
Children's charities have launched a damning report highlighting the government's failure to prioritise children, reports Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.
Council seeks compensation for looked-after child affected by mother's drinking; third of early years providers rated less than good; and teacher suspended for taping noisy pupils' mouths shut, all in the news today.
Housing benefits freeze sees young people stuck in hostels; Cafcass completes government department move; and social enterprise takes over Richmond and Kingston children's services, all in the news today.
Labour pushes for ban on smoking in cars carrying children; Gove gives Wilshaw vote of confidence over think tank reports; and children with mental health problems still detained in police cells, all in the news today.
Child sex offenders in Sussex identified through disclosure scheme; building society to offer numeracy training for pupils; and moves to reduce youth service cuts in Wiltshire, all in the news today.
Fears of "social breakdown" in coastal towns; children at risk of serious tooth decay; and dozens of children arrested each week by British Transport Police, all in the news today.