20/10/2025: State-funded special needs education school opens
A new state-funded school catering for children with Autism and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) has recently opened in Devon to try to improve access in the county to special needs education.
17/10/2025: Youth Diversion “Fragmented And Inconsistent”
Joint inspection finds current youth diversion work is fragmented and inconsistent.
15/10/2025: Pupils struggle to spot untrue AI content – report
The vast majority of teenagers use artificial intelligence in their schoolwork but many struggle to spot misinformation, a report has suggested.
09/10/2025: Young children taking knives to school, BBC finds
Incidents of very young children taking knives into primary schools have been revealed by a BBC investigation.
09/10/2025: Young people say smartphones ‘almost essential’
Young people have said the social pressure to have a smartphone has made them “almost essential”.
09/10/2025: ‘Nothing short of tragic’: Inside a family court
The impact of parental alienating behaviours – when a separated partner tries to turn their children against the other parent – has been described as a “massive public health issue”. Such allegations have been at the centre of one case, followed through the family court system by the BBC.
09/10/2025: Cafcass would need 200 more social workers to implement private law reform
Government says need for more social workers is barrier to rollout of private law pathfinder, which, reportedly, has significantly improved children and families’ experiences of courts system in trial areas
09/10/2025: Tips on distinguishing parental conflict from domestic abuse (Podcast)
Learn on the go, the social work podcast from Community Care Inform, starts its second season with an episode on parental conflict.
09/10/2025: How Upload Prevention Protects Children Online
Today the IWF has published a paper explaining how technology can be used to prevent the spread of child sexual abuse material while upholding privacy – a method known as upload prevention.
(Source: Internet Watch Foundation)
08/10/2025: Nine out of 10 parents of children with SEND raise concerns over lack of support
A significant majority of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being put at a disadvantage due to a lack of support, according to a poll.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
07/10/2025: Denmark plans social media ban for under-15s as PM warns phones ‘stealing childhood’
Mette Frederiksen links social media use to anxiety, depression and lack of concentration.
06/10/2025: Children in Custody Report: Custody is Still Failing Children
Children in custody 2024-25. An analysis of 12-18-year-olds’ perceptions of their experiences in secure training centres and young offender institutions, September 2025.