Children’s services in Tower Hamlets have received a top rating from Ofsted – marking the second consecutive upgrade since ...

The government has agreed to continue the roll out of funded places for two-year-olds, with talk of putting them into schools ...

The government has announced funding of £57 million to extend the Start for Life programme for a further year.

The Department for Education (DfE) has become the first government department to provide paid leave to staff who are kinship ...

Youth workers are being urged to give their views on proposals to overhaul qualifications and training for the role in a bid ...

A national wellbeing measurement is being considered as part of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, education ...

Increases to funding for the early years sector are failing to consider the rising cost pressures that providers face, an ...

The government is to introduce laws that make it an offence to fail to report child sexual abuse concerns, Home Secretary ...

Childcare social enterprise London Foundation (LEYF) is to take over the running of Hillingdon Council’s three early years ...

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver has questioned government plans for “safeguarding spot checks” on schools, instead ...

The damage from the pandemic caused to children’s development has been exacerbated by rising levels of child poverty. Here, ...

Deprivation of Liberty (DoL) applications rose by almost 25% according to the latest Ministry of Justice (MoJ) quarterly data ...