School for children with special needs ‘thrown into chaos’ due to aerated concrete
Parents of children with special needs were called just days before the start of the new term to be told their school had to shut as it is fitted with
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Child victims of abuse to get support through justice system at first Bairns Hoose
Child victims of violence and abuse will be given support at Scotland’s first “Bairns Hoose” which could save them going to courts and police stations to give evidence. They will
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Council ‘unable to meet’ duties to look after unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
A local authority says it has been “forced” into a position of failing to meet its duties to look after children in its care amid a “wholly inadequate” national system
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Nearly a third of councils in poorest areas considering declaring effective bankruptcy
At least 30% of councils in some of the poorest areas of the country are considering declaring effective bankruptcy this year or next, it has emerged. A survey of 47
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Psychiatrist intervened to prevent alleged abuser being sacked thinking he could ‘cure him’
An accused former teacher was supported in a bid to adopt a child by a psychiatrist who believed he could “cure him” – and intervened to stop him being sacked
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Call to urgently address education attainment gap for children referred to social services
Young people referred to social care at any point in their childhood were twice as likely to fail English or maths GCSE than their peers, a charity said, in what
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Landlords urged to review barriers preventing childminders from working at home
Blocks on childminders looking after children in their rental properties should be lifted to help boost numbers in the sector, a minister has told landlords. Children’s minister Claire Coutinho (pictured)
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Girl, 10, found dead in Woking was known to local authority children’s services
A 10-year-old girl who was found dead at her home was known to Surrey County Council, the local authority has said. Sara Sharif was found in Woking after police were
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Stark rise in levels of children living in destitution, charity survey suggests
More than 120,000 children in the UK are living in the most extreme form of poverty, according to a charity survey which suggested the situation has worsened since last year.
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MPs write to minister over concerns about ‘brutal handcuffing of vulnerable children’
A cross-party group of MPs and peers has urged the children’s minister to demand better data on the use of restraints on young people in care with an aim of
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