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OFSTED
Review exposes 'very serious abuse and neglect'
By Dan Peters | 31 October 2022
Children with disabilities and complex needs suffered ‘very serious abuse and neglect’ at three n...
FINANCE
Section 47 enquiries increase by 7% in two years
By Mark Conrad | 31 October 2022
The number of Section 47 enquiries involving English children’s services has increased by 7% over...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Five local actions on SEND
By Al Thompson | 31 October 2022
Councils shouldn’t wait for funding and legislation to improve the experiences and outcomes for c...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Tough choices ahead
By Mark Conrad | 27 October 2022
New child protection requirements likely to follow the national child abuse inquiry must dovetail...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
We owe it to the children to bring in CSA reforms
By Heather Jameson | 26 October 2022
Local government owes it to the children it failed to act on the Independent Inquiry into Child S...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Act now on CSA
By Mark Conrad | 26 October 2022
Long running national inquiry into child sexual abuse sees members call for wide-ranging reforms ...
OFSTED
Improvement notice for Nottingham
By Martin Ford | 25 October 2022
An improvement notice has been handed to Nottingham City Council over its children’s services.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Councils face 'mandatory reporting' of child sexual abuse
By Mark Conrad | 20 October 2022
Local authorities and their partners face a legal requirement to report child sexual abuse and ex...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
'Out of date' council funding system threatens levelling up, says IFS
By Ann McGauran | 20 October 2022
The local government funding system is ‘out of date and arbitary’ and it threatens levelling up, ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Fairness failure
By David Phillips | 20 October 2022
Looming spending cuts make ‘fair funding’ more important – but also much more challenging, says D...
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