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Find out what reducing parental conflict is and about the work of the Reducing Parental Conflict Programme.
Information for local authority services, adoption and fostering agencies, residential centres and other children's social care services.
Find, download and explore official Department for Education (DfE) statistics and data in England.
How local authorities should use the National Client Caseload Information System (NCCIS) to send data on young people’s post-16 activities.
This outlines what FGM is, the legislation and penalties involved and the help and support available. The statement is often referred to as a health passport.
Technical specification and validation rules for local authorities and software suppliers preparing for the early years census 2025.
How Ofsted regulates applicants and childcare services that are only on the Childcare Register.
Infographic for children and young people summarising UK government actions to protect children’s rights.
What you need to know about registering with Ofsted if you want to open or manage an independent fostering agency.
Ofsted’s safeguarding policy and guidance for inspectors on handling safeguarding disclosures.
What local authorities need to do to place a child under 13 in a secure children’s home, and guidance on when it is appropriate to do so.
Guidance for local providers of infectious diseases in pregnancy screening.
Guidance for inspectors carrying out a JTAI of the multi-agency response to the identification of initial need and risk (often referred to as the ‘front door’).
Statutory guidance on early childhood services and Sure Start children's centres.
Guide for local authorities submitting children in need census 2024 to 2025 returns.
Guidance for providers, social workers and placement commissioners on placing children, subject to a deprivation of liberty order (DoL), in unregistered settings.
Information to help healthcare professionals make decisions about the planning and provision of services using child and maternal health data and intelligence.
A guide for social care professionals on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.
Statutory guidance on providing effective advocacy services for children and young people making a complaint under the children Act 1989.
Evidence and guidance on childhood obesity, to help families and communities intervene and help change eating and activity habits.
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