A rise in family conflict and hardship is behind the heightened pressure on child protection services, according to a new survey of councillors responsible for children's social care by the Local Government Association (LGA).
Councils have seen a 53 per cent increase in children on child protection plans – an additional 18,160 children – in the past decade, while 88 children are now taken into care every day to keep them safe.
Click here to read the Family Law Week article.
Michaela school wins High Court battle over prayer ban
A High Court judge has ruled any disadvantage to Muslim pupils caused by a prayer ban at Michaela Community School was “outweighed by the aims
Children excluded in primary school less likely to pass GCSEs, new research warns
The majority of children excluded in primary school don’t pass their GCSEs in English and Maths, according to new research. The charity Chance UK looked
Revealed: hundreds of vulnerable children sent to illegal and unregulated care homes in England
Hundreds of extremely vulnerable school-age children in England are being sent to illegal, unregulated homes every year because of a chronic shortage of places in secure local
