Many childcare providers in England will struggle to meet increased demand for funded places under the Government’s offer, early years leaders have said. Families who do manage to secure a
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More than 10,000 children in England left the state education system in a single year to destinations unknown to local authorities, a report from the Children’s Commissioner has found. Dame
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Teachers and healthcare workers in England and Wales will be legally required to report cases of child sexual abuse under Government plans. People with childcare responsibilities in regulated sectors could
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Birmingham City Council has requested a £1.25 billion bailout from the Government as it bids to recover from declaring effective bankruptcy, documents show. Budget papers published overnight also confirm the
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Samantha Morton has dedicated her Bafta Fellowship “to every child in care, or who has been in care and who didn’t survive”. The 46-year-old actress and director collected the film
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An NHS support worker has won more than £405,000 on the People’s Postcode Lottery six years after the death of her twin boys and now wants to give back in
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A 10-month-old baby boy is among three children who were found dead at a house in Bristol on Sunday, police have said. The other victims were a seven-year-old boy and
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Hundreds of complaints were logged about the conduct of Ofsted inspectors in England last year – with a school leaders’ union warning the inspectorate may have “lost the trust of
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Experts have warned against false assumptions that child sex abuse is decreasing after statistics showed the number of children on formal protection plans in England due to this type of
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The attitudes of councillors whose comments on special needs children sparked outrage have been branded “Dickensian” and show the need for more education in this area, a coalition of charities
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