Scotland becomes first UK country to ban smacking
Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make smacking a criminal offence.
Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make smacking a criminal offence.
Nursery paedophile Vanessa George, who was jailed for sexually assaulting the children in her care,...
Jack and Jill Childcare has suspended a member of staff following an incident at the setting that is...
An undercover investigation by Irish TV channel RTÉ has exposed the mistreatment of children at a...
How can settings ensure that staff are fully trained up on safeguarding procedures? Hannah Crown...
What is female genital mutilation and how can those who care for young children take action if they...
Nursery paedophile Vanessa George is to be released from prison after a parole board decided she no...
Early years settings are being asked to sign up to a global charter supporting boys who are the...
The Department for Education (DfE) wants to set up a home-educated register to help councils...
A new educational resource has been developed by the National Crime Agency (NCA) to help keep...
Dee Coleman, Principal Officer, Early Years, explains what Ofsted does and does not require for...
An ex-childminder has received a suspended prison sentence for continuing to provide childcare after...
Too many statutory requirements mean we are busy demonstrating compliance rather than getting on...
The Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance on multi-agency working was updated in June. So,...
Nearly 16,000 babies under the age of one are growing up in ‘toxic’ households at risk of severe...
Children awaiting adoption outnumber adopters by two to one, new figures show.
Nurseries should help parents and carers make their homes safer to prevent injuries in under-fives,...
A series of four articles covering all aspects of safeguarding is now out.
What exactly is expected of a ‘designated safeguarding lead’, legally and practically, asks Rachel...
The Government has updated its safeguarding guidance for schools to include the introduction of GDPR...
Many of the problems in safeguarding cases – lack of professional curiosity, inadequate information...
How does the EYFS best support children in need of protection, and what happens in practice? Rachel...
MPs and peers are calling for urgent action after a parliamentary inquiry finds that vulnerable...
Understanding why child abuse happens, and the role of settings in protection. By Eunice Lumsden
Many children in need are pre-school age, but early help is being cut. Rachel Buckler, trainer and...
Over two million children in England are growing up in families where there are serious risks,...
Tens of thousands of children at risk of abuse and neglect are being put at risk as cuts to council...
A new campaign to improve working conditions for social workers and raise children’s outcomes has...
Four nurseries in Devon are to be permanently closed, leaving more than 400 children without...
To prepare young children for life spent increasingly online, parents and early years practitioners...
Four- to seven-year-old children who are unaware of why they are in care are more likely to have low...
In the first of a new series looking at common issues highlighted in Ofsted reports, Pennie...
A new guide to keeping children safe has been published by the Pre-school Learning Alliance
Councils warn that they are struggling to cope with an increase in demand for support as one child...
The current safeguarding system has been in operation for many years.
Ann Marie Christian sets out how the Children And Social Work Act is aiming to strengthen the...
Two-thirds of councillors responsible for children’s services say their local authority doesn't have...
We’re hearing more and more about the role grandparents are playing in children’s lives, but many...
Danielle Butcher has become more aware of risky behaviour after going on an early years- specific...
The number of children being sent to live in children’s homes outside their borough has risen...
In the wake of the recent spate of terrorist attacks in London and Manchester, some settings are...
The death of ‘Polly’ from Derbyshire, a 21-month-old, resulting from her being ‘stamped on’ by her...
In light of the Grenfell Tower disaster, which claimed 72 lives in June, Meredith Jones Russell...
In this new four-part series on what the new Children and Social Work Act means for the early years...
Financial pressures on local authorities are raising the thresholds which qualify vulnerable...
A £30m Government grant will allow the National FGM Centre to continue its work to stop female...
A new report calling for regular data on child sexual abuse and exploitation has been published...
A report looking at the impact of child sexual abuse on victims, their families and wider society...
