A third of children in council care in 2023 lived over 20 miles away from their local area, school and family – around 4,600 people in total.
Councils’ available spending to grow by an estimated 3.2% in real terms in 2025-26, with authorities also given £250m to test new approaches in children’s
Ten things schools need to know after Rachel Reeves delivered her first budget Read the full article on Schools Week here.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed plans to remove the value added tax (VAT) exemption for private schools in the autumn Budget. VAT at the standard
The bill for special needs education in England has hit £10bn a year, with the number of children and young people entitled to government support in the
The spiralling cost of social services is eating into the budgets of England’s largest councils to the extent that many will soon be forced to
Charity urges financial boost for kinship arrangements outside the care system, after finding prospect of losing support is deterring carers from opting for permanence for
Schools in England will no longer receive Ofsted single headline grades, also known as single word judgements, from today. This is the first step towards delivering a
Results show wide regional variations across England, while share of top grades in Wales and Northern Ireland drops Read the full article in the Guardian