The introduction of financial allowances for kinship carers under a £126 million government trial has been hailed as a ...

A disabled teenager and her family were failed by Windsor and Maidenhead Council after being offered a fraction of the travel costs needed to get to a college placement, the Local Government an ...

Local agencies working together as a true partnership is the best way to deliver better outcomes for children in the early ...

Children and young people that regularly attend youth club sessions are less likely to miss days off school, a report finds.

Joined-up working with parents and partners in areas of high need strengthens the support system around young children and their families and increases the proportion achieving a good level of ...

The government is proposing to “radically reform” the way schools are funded to meet the needs of disadvantaged pupils under ...

Alan Milburn’s youth inactivity review must tackle the “structural issues” contributing to the rise in young people not earning or learning, campaign groups have said.

Boxing clubs in the UK are taking part in a groundbreaking study to assess whether the sport can prevent vulnerable young people from engaging in crime and serious violence.

A target to recruit thousands more early years workers has not yet been met, jeopardising government plans to keep offering eligible families 30 hours of funded childcare, research shows.

Now that the dust has settled on the SEND reforms being published, what does the sector think of the government’s proposed overhaul of the special educational needs and disabilities system?

A free nursery lunch did more than fill hungry tummies. By early childhood researchers Sara Bonetti and Ivana La Valle.

The government has unveiled plans to overhaul the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in what is set to be the biggest shake up in the education policy for more than a decade.