The government’s decision to authorise the use of Pava spray in young offender institutions (YOI) will be challenged in the ...

Concerns over the government’s proposed removal of ethnicity as a factor in local authority funding settlements have been ...

A target of creating 4,000 more school-based nursery places this September has been exceeded, the Department for Education ...

Hundreds of adoptive parents feel their child’s needs are not being met because of cuts to the Adoption and Special ...

Research from the New Economics Foundation (NEF) think-tank predicts that better-off parents will be the main beneficiaries of the government’s funded childcare offer for working families, which ...

A decline in post-pandemic school readiness has been reported by three-quarters of academy trust leaders who responded to a ...

At Dartington, we think that a recipe for a Best Start in Life strategy that is meaningful, responsive to the diverse needs of local communities and sustainable has four key ingredients.

A scheme to fund international study trips for children's services professionals has opened a new round of applications.

Latest analysis by Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (NFJO) has highlighted a significant rise in the number of residential family assessment centres this decade despite a lack of evidence of their ...

Preventative service for young Londoners showing harmful sexual behaviours helps them avoid risky situations and re-engage with education.

The final stage of the roll out of the expanded childcare entitlements begins today with the government predicting that take up of places is expected to be above initial projections.

The early years workforce continues to face substantial recruitment and retention challenges despite recent growth in staff ...