News

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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Recommendations made on supporting the attainment and achievement of children experiencing poverty

12 July 2018
The Education and Skills Committee have published a new report that examines how poverty impacts school-age children and young p…


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Children's social circumstances and educational outcomes

11 July 2018
The circumstances in which children and young people are born, grow up and learn contribute to inequalities in educational outco…


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First report on Corporate Parenting in Scotland published

28 June 2018
The Scottish Government share Corporate Parent progress in supporting care experienced Children and Young People, and care leave…


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Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry extended

27 June 2018
More voices of survivors to be heard after timescale change to the independent inquiry.


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Care experienced children attainment funding announced by Scottish Government

27 June 2018
The Scottish Government has announced it will invest £32 million specifically to support the educational needs of care experienc…