Local authorities are at the forefront of providing eduction services for their communities and supporting some of the most vulnerable children in society.
An examination of access to Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) – England through a report by the Education Policy Institute
A look at the 2020 report of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) on child health in the UK
A look at the Joint Instectorates report on multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment – Prevention, identification, protection and support
A look at the 2020 Annual Report of the national Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
NYA report ‘Out of Sight? Vulnerable Young People: COVID-19 Response’ Research by the National Youth Agency, the UK’s leading youth charity and voice for young people and youth work, highlights the scale and prevalence of young people’s needs that are amplified by the Covid-19 pandemic. The report Out of Sight? Vulnerable Young People: COVID-19 Response…
The Social Metrics Commission (SMC) produces an annual measure of poverty for the UK. This briefing discusses the impact of Covid-19 on the already insurmountable challenge faced by governments to solve the problems around child poverty and inequality.
Can the government order schools to reopen? Can local authorities require them to remain closed? John Fowler takes a deep dive into a burgeoning legal quagmire.
This briefing is a guide to the guidance and other documentation which has been published by the Department for Education for England by Monday, 4 May on schools, colleges, early years settings and children’s social care.
Background In March 2018 the Scottish Government published ‘Every Child, Every Chance’, the first Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan due under the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act, which is backed by a range of investments, including the £50 million Tackling Child Poverty Fund. This delivery plan sets out the concrete actions Scottish Government are taking to…
The Government’s guidance to close all schools, colleges and early years settings to nearly all children and young people in the face of the Covid-19 virus was announced at a Downing Street press briefing on 18 March. This brieing looks at what happended naext, evidence of the effect of length of school year on learning…
