Carers are being encouraged to consider fostering older children. Picture: Adobe Stock

Foster carer recruitment appeal launches amid surge in demand

Social Care
Funding aims to create more places for children from disadvantaged areas. Picture: Scouts

Uniformed youth groups offered £1.5m to expand into disadvantaged areas

Youth Work
Experts have warned that young people taking up apprenticeships need more support to lower drop-out rates. Picture: Adobe Stock

Number of young people starting apprenticeships below pre-pandemic levels

Education
The bill is not expected to be passed in its current form, according to reports. Picture: Adobe Stock

Truss reportedly scraps Bill of Rights

Children's Services
Kit Malthouse is MP for North West Hampshire. Picture: Parliament UK

Kit Malthouse appointed as Education Secretary

Education
Nottingham City Council is facing government intervention. Picture: Adobe Stock/PJ Sampson

Inspectors rate Nottingham City Council's children’s services ‘inadequate’

Ofsted
Young people are entitled to indepdent visitors until age 18 under current rules. Picture: Adobe Stock

Call for independent visitor scheme to be extended to 25

Social Care
Social workers say they expect caseloads to become 'unmanageable'. Picture: Adobe Stock

Children’s social work caseloads predicted to soar as living costs rise

Social Care
Disadvantaged primary school pupils are falling further behind their peers. Picture: Adobe Stock/Rawpixel.com

Primary school attainment gap widest in a decade

Education
The funding will be used to boost programmes aimed at closing the attainment gap. Picture: Adobe Stock

EEF granted £200m for work to narrow disadvantage gap

Education
Luton has had its Ofsted rating boosted from 'inadequate'. Picture: Adobe Stock/Altaf Shah

Ofsted praises Luton over improvements to children’s services

Ofsted
Increased levels of abuse amid the crisis could see more children enter care, experts have warned. Picture: Adobe Stock

Cost-of-living crisis threatens ‘devastating’ impact on vulnerable children

Early Years