The chaperone scheme is being trialled at Erdington Academy in Birmingham

Debate: School-run chaperones

Youth Work
The book puts forward suggestions to improve schooling for disadvantaged children. Picture: Andov/Adobe Stock

How schools policy failed some children

Education
Professionals must address the exacerbated vulnerabilities children have experienced. Picture: Myboys.me/Adobe Stock

Study highlights damage pandemic caused to welfare of children at risk

Youth Justice
Nottinghamshire County Council's online promotional work includes films of local parents accessing early years provision

Tackling free childcare decline

Early Years
Annamarie Hassall: “Succession planning is in my DNA”

Interview: Annamarie Hassall, chief executive, Nasen

Education
“If there are ‘scientific methods’ of ascertaining age, then surely we should be using them”

Asylum age assessments are unethical

Social Care
Derren Hayes: “Mockingbird highlights the value of councils constructing a network of foster carers who offer help, advice and a shared sense of caring for each other”

Range of measures can fix foster carer shortage

Social Care
Alison O’Sullivan is chair of the National Children’s Bureau and former ADCS president

Children’s services reform needs brave leaders

Children's Services
Andrew Webb is independent chair of the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies

Child deaths highlight the case for doing better

Social Care
Children in some of the most marginalised situations are at risk of digital exclusion, affecting their education, wellbeing and ability to participate alongside their peers. Picture: Comeback Images/Adobe Stock

How to overcome the digital divide

Education
Finding the right foster carer in the right place geographically to meet a child’s needs is likely to remain a challenge for some time. Picture: Halfpoint/Adobe Stock

Foster Care: Special Report

Social Care
Research found most council staff considered long-term foster care a positive permanence option. Picture:

Foster care: policy context

Social Care