The serious case review calls on Northamptonshire Children Safeguarding Partnership to review elective home education. Picture: Shutterstock

Child abuse case prompts calls for home schooling review

Social Care
Labour MP Paul Blomfield has joined the APPG. Picture: Parliament UK

Parliament launches first APPG for young carers

Social Care
Machine learning “without proper ethical oversight” poses serious risks of reinforcing biases, researchers said. Picture: Adobe Stock

Use of algorithms in children's social care 'risks families being missed'

Social Care
Trevor Doughty will join the LGA's team of children's improvement advisers

Former Cornwall DCS to lead LGA's improvement advisers

Children's Services
Wales is the second country in the UK to bring in the ban. Picture: Adobe Stock

Wales to introduce smacking ban

Early Years
The council has apologised for the error. Picture: Northamptonshire County Council

Northamptonshire children's services branded 'worst yet most expensive'

Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner asked for the figures in a parliamentary question. Picture: Adobe Stock

Children's centre numbers fall by a third in 10 years

Early Years
The partnership between Peterborough City Council and charity Tact ended early after both parties spent more than planned. Picture: Adobe Stock/chrisdorney

Peterborough contract collapse: key reasons and its implications

Social Care
The number of children adopted in England has fallen by a third since 2018. Picture: Adobe Stock/digitalskillet1

Clash over prioritising adoption

Social Care
Staff shortages have coincided with higher incidents of abuse and neglect in YOIs. Picture: Guzelian

Fears over custody staff drop

Youth Justice
The government reforms propose increasing the number of literacy ELGs from two to three, covering comprehension, reading and writing. Picture: Adobe Stock/globalmoments

Seven key reasons why proposed EYFS revisions must be changed

Early Years
Schooling: “It’s about getting a shared understanding of children’s needs in the borough”. Picture: Alex Deverill

Ex-DCS helps Hackney schools to improve

Education