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Ofsted finds serious safeguarding issues at 4 PGL settings and immediately suspends each of the registrations.
Correspondence between the Secretary of State for Education, the Department for Health and Social Care and the panel about the second national child safeguarding practice review.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Sunderland children’s services jump to Outstanding from failing in 2015 following Government intervention
£24 million regional fund for children's social care, including funding to support unaccompanied minors
Vicky Ford addresses the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) annual conference
Correspondence between the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel chair and government ministers about the first national child safeguarding practice review.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
A new report calls for government departments and all those who work to safeguard children to have a shared focus on tackling the “stubborn challenges” in child protection.
The paper, prompted by high profile cases of sexual grooming in towns like Rochdale and Rotherham, sets out academic evidence on characteristics of group-based offending.
A new report by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel calls for improvements to the safeguarding system.
Ofsted has sent surveys to social care providers to find out about the experiences of the children, parents, staff and professionals involved.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock spoke at the Royal Society to mark the opening of 8 new FGM support clinics across the country.
Five Country Ministerial meeting concludes with commitments to work together on emerging threats.
Key allies meet to agree joint action to counter current and emerging security threats.
Ofsted has published guidance for inspectors for new series of joint inspections focusing on children’s mental health.
Up to 40 new areas will benefit from £15 million to expand promising innovative approaches to keeping families safely together.
All former British child migrants will be able to apply for a financial redress scheme set up by the government on the basis that they were exposed to the risk of sexual abuse.
Joint letter from Jackie Doyle-Price and Kate Davies to NHS commissioners on the importance of improving services for victims of sexual assault and abuse.
Consultation on guidance to help parents choose the right out-of-school setting, and on voluntary code of practice to help providers meet the expected standards
The British Embassy in Montevideo held a conference about Modern Slavery together with the Ministry of Interior and the International Organisation of Migration.
A report published today finds that local agencies must learn lessons from past sexual exploitation cases to respond to 'county lines' and other child criminal exploitation.
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