A £1 billion funding increase for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services announced in the government’s Autumn Budget has been welcomed by council leaders.

Young people with experience of care are nine times more likely to face homelessness than their peers, the charity Become is warning.

Youth work leaders have criticised the Chancellor of the Exchequer over her failure to commit to funding youth services in her first Budget.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has pledged a funding uplift of £1bn for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services as part of her Autumn Budget.

Education, health and care plans were intended to give parents more say over the provision available to their children, but ...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Autumn Budget is a “welcome first step” in improving services for children but “represents a missed chance” to break down barriers for the most disadvantaged families ...

Children’s social care costs are now the biggest budgetary pressure facing nine out of 10 English councils and a key reason ...

Improving data on care-experienced children with a disability or a long-term health condition is crucial to upholding their ...

The number of children being referred to mental health services for support has topped one million for the third year in a row.

The Labour government is being urged to learn lessons from challenges to emerge from the education policies of Conservative governments over the last 14 years.

Support for education, early years and kinship and foster carers will be protected in the upcoming Budget despite the ...

Absence rates remain high in UK schools with negative implications for children’s attainment and life chances.