Charlotte Ramsden says “placements must meet children’s needs”. Picture: Adobe Stock/Hero Images

Letters to the Editor: ‘Better regulation’ a must for residential care

Social Care
More than 500,000 families have been supported through the programme with joblessness, mental health issues, antisocial behaviour and truanting. Picture: Adobe Stock/Rafael Ben-Ari

Experts call for revamped Troubled Families scheme to focus on poverty

Children's Services
According to latest data, 30,000 childcare providers are at risk of closure this year. Picture: Adobe Stock

Priorities for childcare strategy

Early Years
Jessica Southgate, Agenda, and Pippa Goodfellow, the Alliance for Youth Justice

How justice system fails girls

Youth Justice
Gifford: a year-round offer would target more children from disadvantaged backgrounds

NCS boss sets out plans to expand scheme

Youth Work
Javed Khan: “The current care system is reactive, with children bounced around placements in an emergency”

Three key questions the Care Review must answer to improve the system

Social Care
Experts fear new social workers lack experience to take on cases in family courts. Picture: Valerii Honcharuk/Adobe Stock

Cafcass scheme raises concerns

Social Care
John Pearce, corporate director for children and young people’s services, Durham County Council

How Durham aids young jobless

Education
Perera: “Disadvantaged pupils more affected by virus”

Interview: Natalie Perera - EPI chief on what education catch up plans need to include

Education
Martin Bisp: “A consistent multi-agency approach is the only way forward if we are to truly help the next generation thrive in the face of adversity”

We must help young people get fit to embrace the future

Youth Work
Derren Hayes: “One-to-one and small group tuition has proven to be effective in helping progress, with research showing it can lead to an attainment boost of up to five months”

Commit to tuition to close attainment gap

Editorial
Merle Davies is outgoing director of the Centre for Early Child Development

Message on first 1,001 days still not heard

Early Years