The scheme is failing to target students eligible for the pupil premium, research finds. Picture: AdobeStock/Freedomz

Catch-up tutoring scheme must better target disadvantaged pupils, report warns

Education
Josh MacAlister previously chaired the Care Review. Picture: Frontline

Josh MacAlister to chair merged EIF and What Works for Children’s Social Care

Social Care
Coroner Andrew Walker ruled the the 'negative effects' of social media contributed to Molly Russell's death. Picture: Leigh Day solicitors

Molly Russell: Sector supports coroner's recommendations to protect children online

Health
Johal highlights the importance of allowing adopted people information about their backgrounds. Picture: AdobeStock/Mashiki

Time to modernise family contact within adoptions

Guest Blog
Girls are more likely than boys to have changed their plans, based on lost-learning during the pandemic. Picture: Adobe Stock

Young people in supported housing 'choosing between heating and food'

Cost-of-living
The project examine data from 70,000 young people with social work involvement. Picture: MoneyBusiness/AdobeStock

Research on mental health support for children in care launches

Social Care
‘The Voice of the World’ by ‘TB’, ECPAT UK youth programme member

Love in action

Guest Blog
Abolishing IROs would be 'dangerous for children in care', NAIRO says. Picture: AdobeStock

NAIRO urges Tolhurst to reject recommendation to abolish IROs

Social Care
Blackpool Council have hit out an MPs suggestions an 11-year-old is a 'gang ringleader'. Picture: Christopher Baigent/AdobeStock

Council refutes MP's claims children's services interfered in police investigations

Youth Justice
Adopted people should be given greater support to access details about their backgrounds, research finds. Picture: Adobe Stock

Adopted people ‘need greater support’ to access records, finds research

Social Care
Stuart Carlton is director of children and young people at North Yorkshire County Council. Picture: North Yorkshire County Council

We can’t walk away at night

The ADCS Blog
June O'Sullivan is chief executive of LEYF. Picture: LEYF

How to adjust ratios and maintain quality

The Early Years Blog