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An improvement notice issued to Hertfordshire County Council following an Ofsted inspection in July 2023.
Children in care and care leavers to be supported to build lifelong relationships, with £8.4 million delivered to expand Family Finding programmes
New Implementation Plan sets out major reforms to child protection and social care, following ambitious Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026
The Home Office has announced £100 million to fight child sex offences and protect victims and survivors, including £38 million for Operation Beaconport.
Statutory direction issued to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in relation to children’s services.
An improvement notice issued to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council following an Ofsted inspection in June 2023.
An improvement notice issued to Oxfordshire County Council following an Ofsted inspection in July 2023.
An improvement notice issued to Plymouth City Council following an Ofsted inspection in June 2023.
Cost-of-living measures become law, including free breakfast clubs, expanded free school meals and limits of branded uniforms
Review into deaths of young people leaving the care system to be published later this year, led by Ashley John-Baptiste and Clare Chamberlain
Right to maintain contact with siblings to be strengthened in law for children in care via amendment to Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Ofsted has today published updates to the framework for inspecting local authority children's services (ILACS).
How the City of York Council embedded the national framework across all areas of children’s social care.
How Cheshire West and Chester Council is using the national framework when working with families.
A new Ofsted report, published today, describes the challenges some schools and colleges face in supporting children in care to reach their potential, due to inconsistencies in local authority practice, unclear national expe…
Child cruelty convictions such as neglect and abandonment will face the same police notification requirements as registered sex offenders.
Direction issued by the Department for Education to Slough Borough Council to improve performance in children’s social care services.
Seventh and sixth statutory directions relating to children’s social care provision and the first direction relating to SEND issued to Slough Borough Council.
£126 million of support confirmed for family members such as grandparents, aunts and uncles who care for relatives’ children in new pilot scheme.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson writes to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel following their review into the issues raised by the death of baby Victoria Marten.
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