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June O'Sullivan is chief executive of LEYF.

How Ofsted’s Big Listen reports will impact the early years

APPG on Youth Affairs meets for first time since election

Youth Work
Experts suggest inadequate support for struggling pupils is driving up exclusions. Picture: Andov/Adobe Stock

School exclusions up by a fifth over last year

Education
The wraparound offer will run for three weeks as pupils return to school

London council launches wraparound youth work support as schools return

Youth Work

Animal welfare charity boss to take top job at NSPCC

Children's Services
Redthread says it has been experiencing 'major financial difficulties'

Catch22 confirms Redthread merger

Youth Work
Tiny Toes Nursery in Stockport was closed down following the death of a nine-month-old baby in May 2022

Woman jailed over mistreatment of children at same nursery where nine-month-old baby died

Early Years
Catherine McKinnell is the schools minister

SEND system ‘creaking at the seams’, schools minister warns

Education
Supported settings will be inspected from April next year. Picture: Martinan/Adobe Stock

Residential care spending outstrips early intervention for first time, research finds

Children's Services
Councils warn that 'an acute rise in the costs of placing children in care mean in-year spending on children’s services is spiralling out of control'. Picture: Adobe Stock

Ofsted to end single-word judgments for children’s social care and early years providers

Children's Services
Andy Elvin is chief executive of Tact Fostering

Government must focus on foster carer recruitment and retention

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