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

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

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, ...

CiN plans are a key mechanism for triggering support for struggling families (see box), and every year around 400,000 ...

The government is currently consulting on a 10-year health plan for England. Central planks include moving care from ...

The Prime Minister’s “Plan for Change” includes a goal for 75% of five-year-olds in England to be “ready to learn” when they ...

Early years experts say investing in the workforce and evidenced interventions are needed as part of efforts to boost child ...

The director of children’s services role was created by the Children’s Act 2004 with the aim of harnessing the wider system ...

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

At the start of a new year, I have been reflecting on the year that was 2024; a real year of change that brought a general ...

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