Ofsted’s work to protect children would be a “waste of time” if local authorities do not improve the tracking of pupils who leave mainstream education, the head of the watchdog
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Healthcare staff must listen to and do more to identify children at risk of harm, a report has warned. There is a lack of consistency in services protecting and promoting
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New research launched by the University of Oxford says foster carers who have faced unproven allegations of abuse from the children they are caring for often have little support afterwards.
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A rise in health visitor vacancies could make it difficult to implement the named person scheme when it goes live next month, the Conservatives have warned. Just under a tenth
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Two children are to be returned to their “exemplary” parents after a judge ruled they were not to blame for their son’s rib fractures. The two-year-old boy, identified only as
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A family court judge handed “all the power” to murderous Ben Butler when she decided he had been the victim of a miscarriage of justice over a claim he had
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The Sutton Safeguarding Children Board (SSCB) has published the serious case review report relating to the tragic death of Ellie Butler. The 58 page report was commissioned by the SSCB
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Ellie Butler’s death should be subject to a public inquiry, according to the murdered child’s grandfather. Neal Gray said he wants everything “open and above board” as he recalled the
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Journalists want a High Court judge’s ruling relating to the killing of six-year-old Ellie Butler to be made public. Ellie’s father Ben Butler was on Tuesday convicted of murder following
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A High Court judge’s ruling relating to the killing of six-year-old Ellie Butler cannot be made public – another judge has ruled. Ellie’s father Ben Butler was on Tuesday convicted
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