John Freeman

Barriers that limited parents’ ability to interact with their children were tackled. Picture: Nattakorn/Adobe Stock
Best Practice

Local partnership develops early learning toolkit

Early years education
Valuing Care aims to shift the emphasis from the cost of care to the value it delivers. Picture: Drobot Dean/Adobe Stock
Best Practice

Approach better aligns children’s needs and outcomes

Children's rights
Childminding now competes with many other flexible career choices that may be less challenging and better paid. Picture: Oksana Kuzmina/Adobe Stock
Features

Tackling the fall in childminders

Childminding
Illustration: Egorvector/Adobe Stock
Funding

Youth Music grants programme

Extra-curricular
Michelle Allison, chief executive, The Education Business Partnership
Other

Business education partnerships

Leadership
Pop-up youth clubs create a safe environment for young people to move from feeling lonely to feeling connected
Best Practice

Grassroots youth group tackles young people’s loneliness through pop-up clubs

Participation
Best Practice

Youth advocates uphold young people’s rights

Children's rights
A three-year recovery programme has seen Worcestershire County Council put additional funding into children’s services, resulting in a boost in permanent staff numbers. Picture: UAV4/Adobe Stock
Best Practice

Worcestershire County Council

Leadership
Under the Conservatives relative child poverty could increase by five per cent. Picture: Adobe Stock
News

General election: Child poverty could reach 60-year high under Conservatives, report warns

Children's Services
Mr Justice Warby said Anderton Park School sought to “weave the language of equality into everyday life”. Picture: Valentin Kundeus/Adobe Stock
News

High Court judge bans protesters from outside primary school in LGBT teaching row

Education
Ofsted inspected 2,216 children's homes. Picture: Diego Cervo/Adobe Stock
News

Ofsted judges most children's homes in England 'good' or 'outstanding'

The early years sector warns that plans to extend funded childcare are unfeasible. Picture: Adobe Stock
Other

General election 2019: Early years

Children's centres
The Together for Children coalition of organisations calls for politicians to “ensure children’s contact with the criminal justice system is a last resort”
Other

General election 2019: Youth justice

Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation
Child poverty is set to hit four million next year. Picture: Aleksey/Adobe Stock
Other

General election 2019: Welfare and care

Homelessness
Education leaders have welcomed Labour's manifesto pledges on school funding Image: Adobe Stock
Other

General election 2019: Education

Academies/free schools
Youth organisations have welcomed increased policy and funding focus on the sector. Picture: OnSide
Other

General election 2019: Youth work

Youth services