Youth work student numbers fall to record low

Youth Work

The recipe for early years success

The Early Years Blog

Youth services: our last line of defence

The ADCS Blog

Council approves plans to close six children's centres

Early Years

Nurseries to charge parents and restrict places for 30 hours offer

Early Years

Analysis projects rise in 'homeless' families

Child poverty

Daily roundup 11 August: Childcare website, custody figures, and abuse case

Changes to inspections of voluntary adoption agencies criticised

Ofsted

Care applications fall five per cent in July

Social Care

Council-led safeguarding hub helps smash child sex abuse ring

Children's Services

Daily roundup 10 August: Gloucestershire Council, family contact, and LSCB appointment

Children's services overspend tops £600m

Social Care