School canteen staff have been urged to stockpile 'long-life' goods. Picture: Adobe Stock

Free school meal system failing poorest children

Care-experienced young people four times less likely to go to university

Social Care

National Youth Strategy consultation launches with young people

Youth services
Charities have called for girls to be removed from Wetherby YOI. Picture: HMI Prisons

Government permanently ends detention of girls in YOIs

Youth Justice

Beyond banning: Preparing children for a digital world

Parents strengthen online rules as children's resilience 'weakens'

Mental Health

National data to track family-group conferences

Social Care

Commissioner calls for government roll out of 'child house' approach in England

Health

Transfer of 150 nursery places sparks anger

Early years education

Expanding play therapy services in healthcare

Health
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Let’s think again about school readiness

Early years education

The moral and economic imperatives for tackling NEET rises

Youth Work