Latest data shows the disadvantage attainment gap in Reception year continues to be a challenge across England - but some ...

There is likely to be debate on whether the UK should follow Australia's social media ban for under-16s, but rather than ...

The number of full children’s centres dropped from 3,615 in 2010 to just 2,773 last year, according to analysis of figures revealed by children's minister Will Quince in parliament this week. The ...

Anna Freud would have welcomed the review into rates of mental health, autism and ADHD diagnosis as a way of better ...

PURPOSE: To promote the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people across the Trust, reducing anxiety and stress and creating calmer, more focused learning environments.

Girls have not been placed in HMYOI Wetherby, the only YOI accepting girls, for several months The move was among recommendations made in an independent review into the health issues facing girls in ...

A school-based support project that helps pupils “normalise everyday emotions, like stress and sadness” is the most effective at tackling mental ill-health, research has found. "Much-needed guidance" ...

The children’s mental health crisis will cost them more than £1 trillion in lost earnings over their lifetime, campaigners are warning. Mental health campaigners are calling for better early help to ...

The government has announced more funding to roll out the Families First Partnership programme across England. Here, children's minister Josh MacAlister calls on local safeguarding leaders to "step up ...

There has been a steep decline in the number of adoption applications and orders, latest Family Court figures show. Adoption applications dealt with by the Family Court declined in the latest quarter ...

The impact of domestic abuse on children is back in the spotlight, says Foundations' Jo Casebourne. Dr Jo Casebourne is chief executive of Foundations, the national What Works Centre for Children and ...

The long-term decline in childminders has continued over the past year, latest Ofsted figures reveal. Childminder numbers have been falling since 2013. Picture ...