Mental health referrals rise by quarter four children

The number of referrals to child and adolescent mental health services in England has increased by 26 per cent over the past five years.

Local authorities supported to tackle childhood obesity

Public Health Minister Steve Brine has encouraged local authorities to apply to its ‘trailblazer’ programme to tackle childhood obesity

Labour pledges enhanced 30-hour childcare scheme

Jeremy Corbyn is expected to announce a pledge to extend the government’s 30 hours of free childcare programme.

Unpaid overtime pushing public sector to ‘tipping point’

A new report from UNISON has argued that public services support staff are doing more than 40 million hours of unpaid overtime a year.

Labour to make no more academies pledge

Angela Rayner is set to tell the Labour Party conference in Liverpool that the current school system is ‘simply not fit for purpose’.

The government has announced that its intervention in Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is to end on 24 September.

Under new proposals, Norfolk County Council has recommended shutting 46 out of 53 centres when their contracts end in September 2019.

Children are breathing dangerous levels of toxic air as they make their way to and from school, as well as once they are inside their classrooms.

Children going into care face a postcode lottery for the opportunity to stay with relatives, with one in five initially placed with a friend or relative.

The 30 hours funded childcare offer has led to increased fees for nearly half of parents and is financially hitting providers.

The Education Secretary has published a new toolkit to help schools save money to ensure every pound possible is being spent in the classroom.

Nearly 134,000 children will miss out on a secondary school place by 2023 as a result of the surge in primary school pupils.

Schools in England are facing a ‘severe shortage’ of teachers ahead of the new academic year.

Both Ofsted and the government have sent Brighton & Hove City Council congratulations for improvements to its children’s social care services.

A new report examining the state of children's wellbeing in the UK has found that nearly a quarter of girls in the UK have self-harmed.

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