Children’s sector leaders have welcomed the government's decision to end the two-child benefit cap, announced by Chancellor ...

The new Initial Health Assessment (IHA) Delivery Standards recently published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child ...

London’s universal free school meals programme is generating more than £11.5 million in extra funding for settings every year ...

Nearly three quarters of 13–17-year-olds in a poll reported seeing real-world violence on social media in the past year – ...

Researchers have highlighted significant pressure on councils from rising severity and complexity of need among under fives.

The controversial two-child benefit cap is to be scrapped from April 2026, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has ...

Early years campaigners are making urgent calls for professional reform after a latest research found a risk of services being undermined by a poor quality workforce.

Advice on how to bid for a short-term grant that funds communication and learning equipment for families caring for a ...

Early years sector leaders are warning that the government's focus on funding childcare for working families risks further worsening the disadvantage attainment gap after official figures showed this ...

Policymakers need to go further to protect children from the all-pervasive nature of digital technology on their personal, ...

Reforms to local authority inspections of children’s services (ILACS) will include the removal of the single-word overall effectiveness rating from April 2026, the inspectorate Ofsted has confirmed.

Care-experience charity Become has identified the most successful approaches local authorities take to ensure care is delivered as close to home as possible.