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On 23rd April 2026, The Rt Hon Lord Justice Cobb was announced as President of the Family Division, Head of Family Justice, President of the

The courts have no jurisdiction to set aside a validly made adoption order other than through an appeal, the Supreme Court has found. Read the

Pupils in mixed-ability classes make slower progress in maths compared to those grouped by attainment, a new report suggests. Using sets for maths also did not “significantly

The government will seek to make phone bans in schools statutory by introducing an amendment in the House of Lords to the Children’s Wellbeing and

Family Lives, registered as a charity in 1999 under the name Parentline Plus, joined the Coram Group today, with its 150 volunteers also transferring to

Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving Read the full article in the Guardian here.

Following extensive trials the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced Pathfinder Courts will be rolled out across England and Wales with £17m in Government funding

The pilot scheme will run for up to three and a half years, and will begin in seven areas of the country known as Kinship

The government has published plans to reform the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in England – and there are a lot of new