Some youth bodies used the call for evidence as a chance to express frustrations about existing guidance. Picture: Adobe Stock

Councils to gain new powers to monitor children not in school

Early Years

Agencies need to better prepare young people with SEND for adulthood, review finds

Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Campaigners call for corporal punishment ban

Social Care

The ADCS blog: Getting it right from the start

Children's Services

Sara Sharif 'safeguarding failures' criticised following murder convictions

Social Care

Government bans puberty blockers for under-18s ‘indefinitely’

Kinship carers are more likely to face financial difficulties, reasearch finds. Picture: NDAB Creativity/Adobe Stock

Paid leave for kinship carers worth over £1bn to UK economy, research suggests

Kinship care
Councils’ community-based youth offers could better meet young people’s needs. Picture: Xavier Lorenzo/Adobe Stock

Children at the table - amplifying the voices of young people

Youth Work

Youth democracy project awarded £1m grant

Youth Work

Care-experienced group launches in Parliament

Youth Work

Reform SEND support or risk ‘widespread local authority bankruptcies’, warns think-tank

Education
The government shelved its schools bill late last year. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

Two in five pupils in Scotland have additional support needs

Education