Child care for profit
Almost unbelievably, most children’s homes in Britain are run by private equity companies…
Childcare
Childcare
How politicians created a childcare crisis
What happens when the government introduces a childcare scheme but fails to fund it properly? Nurseries are closing, childminders are quitting – and parents and grandparents are picking up the bill…
Out of control?
There is a wide variety of education and group care for pre-school children.
Record numbers in care
Official data show 72,000 children were in care in England at the end of March, up 3 per cent on the previous year.
The strange death of language centres
The Home Office originally funded language centres to help schools cope with large numbers of families with little or no English. And then came a pernicious reversal in policies…
Rotherham: more than a local problem?
The publication of the Jay report into the sexual exploitation of children in Rotherham has lifted the lid on what happens when professionals stay silent rather than stick their heads above the parapets of political correctness…