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Culture Secretary pledges government strategy for young people
The government will produce a new strategy for young people, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has pledged. Speaking in the House ...
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NYA to consult on the future of a national youth council
The National Youth Agency (NYA) is set to launch a consultation programme on the future of a national youth council following ...
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Funding applications launch for school-based nursery programme
Primary schools can now apply for a share of £15 million to create site-based nurseries as part of the government’s pledge to ...
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‘Persistently low access to childcare’ blighting disadvantaged areas, Ofsted warns
Families in disadvantaged areas are the most likely to have struggled to access childcare "persistently" over the last four ...
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Children left waiting years for a SEND diagnosis, Children’s Commissioner warns
Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being left to wait more than five years for a formal ...
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Josh MacAlister warns ministers ‘mess with Care Review reforms at own peril’
MP and Care Review author Josh MacAlister has warned ministers that any plans to amend reforms to children’s social care ...
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Government commits to taking forward Conservatives’ family help model
A model of early family help initiated by Conservative ministers when they were in office is being taken forward by the ...
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Sara Sharif ‘homeschooled’ in months before her death after school agreed safeguarding referral
Sara Sharif’s primary school agreed to make a referral to social services over concerns around bruises sustained by the pupil ...
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Rising number of women who died during pregnancy known to social services
A rising proportion of women who die during or within a year after pregnancy are known to social services, latest figures show.
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MacAlister bill could see social media companies banned from harvesting under-16s data
MP Josh MacAlister, who authored the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, is urging the government to back a bill ...
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The Chancellor’s first budget – where childhood and children really need to matter
ADCS recently made a submission to the 2024 Autumn Budget and Spending Review.
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A defining moment for kinship care
Every year, at the start of October, kinship families, schools, local authorities and charities like Kinship come together to celebrate Kinship Care Week.