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This scoping review explores what is currently known about children's vulnerability to harm from online activity or interactions.
Research papers from the Safeguarding Children research initiative.
'Canary in the cage' report on the use of lead indicators by local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs).
Report using data from the 1970 British cohort study to describe some of the characteristics of bereaved children and their families.
Brief summarising the findings from preliminary work exploring the current availability of safeguarding and child protection data in the UK.
An overview of research evidence on the outcomes that extended services can produce, and on how those services can be made most effective.
Information on looked-after children at both national and local authority levels for the financial year 2010 to 2011.
Referrals to and assessments by children's social services, and children in need who were the subject of a child protection plan.
This report covers the latest findings from the Department for Education's regular survey of childcare and early years providers.
Data on families that receive support from family intervention projects and services.
Statistics on approved placements by type, gender, age and length of stay.
Statistics about 16- to 18-year-olds not in education, employment or training (NEET).
A report into an evaluation of the disabled children’s access to childcare pilot.
This research evaluates the implementation and impact of the Social Pedagogy Pilot programme and evaluates a social pedagogic approach.
Data from local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) in England.
A response to Professor Eileen Munro's review of child protection: 'A child-centred system'.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The number of notifications of private fostering arrangements in England during the year ending 31 March 2011.
Pack summarising evidence on achievement at the early years foundation stage
16- to 18-year-olds in school, further education colleges, work-based learning or higher education.
This study explores how risks and protective factors shape children's learning and why it leads to academic resilience for some, not others.
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