Many children with special educational needs (SEN) are being let down by the education system, children’s secretary Ed Balls said last week, as he unveiled a £38m funding package aimed at boosting their achievements at school.

The government’s IT system for social workers is putting children at risk, University of Nottingham researchers have found.

NOTTINGHAM’S new head of children’s services says social workers should bypass their managers and go to him with concerns about their cases.

Ofsted is considering introducing a “whistle-blower hotline” for social workers in light of the Baby P tragedy, the watchdog’s chief inspector said today.

 The approach to the restraint of young people in young offender institutions, secure training centres and secure children’s homes (under-18 secure estates) is to be overhauled, the Government announced today.

Social services admit errors in Redditch suitcase body caseSocial services admit errors in Redditch suitcase body case

When the only response to repeated failure is a call to try harder and do better, you know there’s something badly awry with the premise. Einstein was right: insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

The chief inspector of prisons has told Oakington detention centre it must improve its care of children after a sharp rise in the number of under-18 detainees.

A Social Services chief who played a key role in the forcible adoption of three children is married to a convicted terrorist with a history of drink and drug abuse.

A relative of Baby P, who died after sustained abuse, was known by police and social services to be involved in a suspected paedophile ring, it emerged this weekend.