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Foster places in short supply and council budgets buckling as social service referrals increase by up to 40% in some areas A looming crisis of

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Nearly three-quarters of secondary schools in England are offering activities and catch-up classes for children this summer, according to figures announced as part of a

A committee of MPs is calling for a national register of home-educated children in England, saying there is an “unacceptable level of opaqueness” surrounding the

Spending on early support for vulnerable children has halved during the past decade, with families in the poorest parts of England hit the hardest, a

Children’s social care services focus increasingly on poorer households the more they intervene in family life, according to a new report which calls for fewer

More than 640,000 children in England were absent from school last week due to Covid, as the government announced its plans to sweep away the

Covid-related pupil absence in England has hit a new high since all students returned to school in March this year. Over 640,000 pupils in England

Families of children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) have been left “exhausted” and “despairing” by the pandemic which has affected their children disproportionately, according to