Youth workers are being urged to give their views on proposals to overhaul qualifications and training for the role in a bid ...

Deprivation of Liberty (DoL) applications rose by almost 25% according to the latest Ministry of Justice (MoJ) quarterly data ...

A national wellbeing measurement is being considered as part of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, education ...

For teenagers and older children, these worries can be made worse by the return to school or college. Academic expectations, ...

My heart sank when I heard yet another call, this time from Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden, for “disruptors, innovators ...

Mark Twain said there is no such thing as a new idea. The government proved that last month by putting forward proposals to ...

What some outlets have termed “youth worklessness” has reached a 10-year high, with 1.2 million young people in the UK said ...

Same-day mental health service aims to intervene early and help young people to de-escalate problems and access an extensive ...

The Department for Education (DfE) has become the first government department to provide paid leave to staff who are kinship carers.

Childcare social enterprise London Foundation (LEYF) is to take over the running of Hillingdon Council’s three early years ...

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver has questioned government plans for “safeguarding spot checks” on schools, instead ...

Increases to funding for the early years sector are failing to consider the rising cost pressures that providers face, an ...