The Scottish Government plans to make it easier for English and Welsh councils to transfer vulnerable children in their care to facilities north of the...
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Inspection of supported accommodation: Amanda Spielman’s response to the Education Secretary
On 13 December 2021 Amanda Spielman responded to a letter from the Secretary of State for Education that asked Ofsted to register and inspect providers of...
Child poverty rises linked to 10,000 more children going into care over five years, finds research
Rises in child poverty fuelled by benefit cuts was associated with more than 10,000 more children being taken into care between 2015 and 2020, a...
Caldecott Fostering couple recognised in 2022 New Year Honours
Thanet residents Carol and Derek Moody have been awarded MBEs in the 2022 New Year Honours list for their services to foster care. For the...
COVID ABSENCES FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS RAISE CATCH-UP CONCERNS
The latest findings from Ofsted, which has published three separate investigations into how Covid-19 continues to impact on children and students’ learning and personal development...
National review of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes murder to recommend changes by May 2022
The government’s national review into the circumstances behind Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’s murder will report by May next year and recommend improvements to local and national child...
Children adopted from care falls to lowest in 21 years, government figures show
The number of children adopted from care fell to its lowest level in 21 years in 2020-21, Department for Education (DfE) figures show. Their number...
Josh MacAlister: councils should tackle excess profits in children’s care
Councils should work together to tackle excess profit making in children’s social care rather than simply criticise it, the chair of the independent review of...
DFE CONFIRMS INCREASE IN FUNDING RATES FOR CHILDCARE PLACES
In a written statement to councils children and families minister Will Quince confirmed an uplift of 17 pence per hour in “the vast majority of areas” for...
Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: national review launched
The government has launched a national review into the circumstances behind Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’s murder and commissioned an urgent safeguarding inspection into agencies in his area....
Fostering system at risk of reaching ‘breaking point’, warns Ofsted
England’s care system needs an “urgent boost to the number of foster carers” to avoid reaching “breaking point”. That was the warning from Ofsted as it...
National Autistic Society: School Report 2021
The National Autistic Society’s new report has found that parents are facing exhausting and sometimes years-long battles to get support for their autistic children in school. The education system in England is simply not...