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Our news helps everyone working with and for children in need of care and protection, their families and carers, and with care leavers, to keep up to speed with what's going on in the sector, here in Scotland, and further afield.


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England’s Children’s Commissioner outlines vision for care

20 October 2025
The Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, has published (20 October) a new report, ‘The Children’s Plan: Vi…


Audit of Scotland’s promise to reform children’s care published

Audit of Scotland’s promise to reform children’s care published

08 October 2025
Audit Scotland has today (8 October) published an audit of national public spending on work to deliver The Promise of Scotland’s…


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Education Outcomes for Looked After Children 2023/24

27 August 2025
The Scottish Government has published the national Education Outcomes for Looked After Children for 2023-24 statistics report.


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New data gives clearer picture of kinship care in Scotland

29 July 2025
The Scottish Government has published (29 July) new information about the number of children and young people being cared for in…


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New legislation introduced in Scotland to support children with care experience

18 June 2025
The Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill which aims to improve services and support for childr…


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Care experienced children struggling to access right to education in Scotland

16 June 2025
A new report commissioned by the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, Nicola Killean, has highlighted significant …


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UK Government Publishes National Audit into Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

16 June 2025
A National Audit into Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (‘grooming gangs’) in England and Wales has been published…


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CELCIS sets out next chapter for achieving change for children and young people’

09 June 2025
A new five-year strategy outlining CELCIS’s strategic approach to responding to the needs of children and young people in need o…