Support for children under the age of five through the Sure Start programme “significantly reduced” the chances of offending ...

The National Audit Office (NAO) has criticised the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in England for failing to improve the lives of children and young people or prevent councils ...

In its Tackling Child Poverty: Developing Our Strategy report, the Cabinet Office highlights that in 2022/23, 800,000 ...

Thousands of people are backing a call for Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson to review the availability of provision for ...

This will consider whether the school projects meet a local demand for places and are of value to the taxpayer. She is ...

A pilot where eligible children are automatically registered for free school meals has led to 20,000 more pupils receiving the benefit.

A pilot where eligible children are automatically registered for free school meals has led to 20,000 more pupils receiving the benefit.

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

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 ...

More than nine in 10 councils say children’s social care costs is putting the most pressure on budgets as a quarter of all local authorities face applying for government bailouts to avoid bankruptcy ...

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