Children left waiting years for a SEND diagnosis, Children’s Commissioner warns

Education
Janet Daby: ‘I very much believe in early intervention like keeping families together’

Government commits to taking forward Conservatives’ family help model

Social Care
Josh MacAlister is MP for Whitehaven and Workington

MacAlister bill could see social media companies banned from harvesting under-16s data

Education
More than 200,000 children and young people in the UK are in kinship care, according to the charity Kinship. Picture: Adobe Stock

DfE publishes updated kinship care guidance for councils

Social Care
Sam White worked for Starmer when he was leader of the opposition

Starmer’s former chief of staff replaces Josh MacAlister as Foundation’s chair

Social Care

A defining moment for kinship care

Andy Smith is director of children and adult services at Derby City Council

The Chancellor’s first budget – where childhood and children really need to matter

Social Care

Episode 11: Ofsted reforms; questions over children’s trust models; addressing problems with SEND support access

Council leaders urged to better understand needs of care-experienced children in youth justice system

Youth Justice
A new analysis suggests that the benefits of early language intervention are long-lasting. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

Half of teachers set to spend more time supporting pupils’ mental health, survey warns

Health
Girls have described dealing with misogyny and sexism online

Almost three in five girls fear AI will be used to impersonate them online

Youth Work

Scouts appoints new chief executive

Youth Work