Leading judges have been urged to overturn the child sex abuse conviction of a former boarding school worker found guilty by a jury following his suicide during a trial. Darren
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The Department for Education has published the Institute of Public Care’s evaluation of a range of innovations in Children’s Social Care in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight trialled during
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A council which failed to alert border agencies when a mother took her children to Australia without their father’s consent, has been asked by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) to
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Parents feeling blamed for their child’s mental health difficulties has been cited as a common reason for them not seeking support, according to new research from the University of Reading.
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Council bosses who took legal action against a mother-of-two because social workers feared she had links to Islamic State extremists should not have to pick up her lawyers’ bills, a
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Parents can pre-register on Wednesday for the Government’s Tax-Free Childcare scheme, which launches at the end of next month. The initiative will begin on April 28 for parents of children
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Education Secretary John Swinney should “do a Hammond” and ditch the controversial named-person scheme, former SNP depute leader Jim Sillars has said. The veteran politician warned the Scottish Government could
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An inquiry into the social care of children and young people, has found the system is struggling to keep pace with the rising numbers of children and families who need
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Barnardo’s Scotland has called for the Scottish Government to do more to help children with mental health problems. The children’s charity is supporting a call made by Scottish Labour in
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A county council has been fined £60,000 after sensitive files about children were left in a cabinet sent to a second-hand shop as part of an office move. The Information
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