by FosterTalk Admin | Jan 12, 2021 | News
The Children’s Commissioner for England has written to the Secretary of State for Education following the start of the national lockdown, to request further details on the Government’s plans to minimise learning loss during the national lockdown and...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jan 11, 2021 | News
Including devoting significant airtime to Education on BBC Two Reacting quickly to the news of UK schools moving to remote learning, the new offer from the BBC will ensure all children can access curriculum-based learning, even if they don’t have access to the...
by FosterTalk Admin | Dec 17, 2020 | News
The Race Disparity Unit (RDU) has published a new set of statistics covering adoption and looked-after children on the ‘Ethnicity facts and figures’ website, which brings together statistics collected by government departments about the experiences of the...
by FosterTalk Admin | Dec 17, 2020 | News
The Home Office has published the high-level summary results of a survey it undertook (July to October 2020) of local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland, and of Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland in order to obtain a more accurate estimate of...
by FosterTalk Admin | Dec 17, 2020 | News
Ofsted has updated its guidance for children’s social care providers and managers on what Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks they need to have in place. Updates to the guidance include: that the provider should risk assess roles to ensure that a...
by FosterTalk Admin | Dec 17, 2020 | News
The Scottish Government has published a summary of the Scottish and UK evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of children and young people. Key findings relating to specific issues / sub-groups include: Care experienced young people – at highest...
