Lengthy application processes and complex systems make accessing funded childcare entitlements difficult for disadvantaged ...

More than nine in 10 councils say children’s social care costs is putting the most pressure on budgets as research shows that a quarter of all local authorities are likely to have to apply for ...

A recent Coram Family and Childcare research report reinforces what we have sadly come to know about targeted and universal ...

I am writing this blog as I recover from three intensive weeks of an Area SEND Inspection – I’m still a bit tired, but also ...

Initiatives and best practice to increase school attendance and reduce exclusions to reduce “lost learning” will be the focus of a one-day conference hosted by CYP Now in partnership with therapeutic ...

The National Youth Agency (NYA) is set to launch a consultation programme on the future of a national youth council following ...

Less than half of English councils are willing to act as guarantors for care leavers looking for housing, research finds.

Nicola Curley is chair of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) Workforce Policy Committee and vice ...

Families in disadvantaged areas are the most likely to have struggled to access childcare "persistently" over the last four ...

Primary schools can now apply for a share of £15 million to create site-based nurseries as part of the government’s pledge to ...

A model of early family help initiated by Conservative ministers when they were in office is being taken forward by the ...

Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being left to wait more than five years for a formal ...