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Exclusions in English schools have gone from a last resort to the go-to punishment for children who are deemed disruptive or simply don’t fit in.

The Court of Appeal is being asked to consider how the family court treats allegations of domestic abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour, in a

Calls by concerned adults to an NSPCC child welfare hotline have jumped by over 50% over the course of the pandemic, the charity has said.

The education secretary has said he would “certainly hope” schools in England could reopen before Easter. Gavin Williamson said he was “not able to exactly

England will enter its toughest nationwide lockdown since March, with schools closed until mid-February, as Boris Johnson warned that the weeks ahead “will be the hardest yet”.

If everything goes according to plan, and not a lot has done since March, Nicole Jacobs will soon be the first domestic abuse commissioner for

Many of England’s primary schools are opening on Monday, with rows continuing over whether pupils should return with the current Covid restrictions. There is also

The return to secondary school in January will be staggered in England, with some starting online in rather than in class, the BBC has learned.

Mass Covid testing of secondary-school pupils in England is to be greatly increased in January, in an attempt to reduce the numbers being sent home.