Major reports and resources
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For practitioners
— 24 Jun 2026
This online guide offers practical examples and resources for early years settings practitioners.
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For practitioners
— 21 May 2026
Read an Insight Report on early years and supporting better outcomes for young children, from across five A Better Start partnerships around the UK.
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Early years
— 8 Apr 2026
Up to half of UK parents experience loneliness during pregnancy and the first two years after giving birth. Perinatal loneliness is a preventable driver of poor perinatal mental health, with significant costs for children, families and public services. Our new briefing setting out the evidence and what government can do about it.
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Children in Care
— 30 Mar 2026
A new briefing highlights how Adult Services can better support parents with a learning disability – an issue linked with increased involvement in the child protection system and, too often, family separation.
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For practitioners
— 25 Mar 2026
This online guide offers practical examples and resources for early years settings practitioners.
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For practitioners
— 15 Jan 2026
Read an Insight Report on early years and supporting better outcomes for young children, from across five A Better Start partnerships around the UK.
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Research
— 29 Jul 2025
Kingston University, in partnership with the National Children’s Bureau and Ofsted, and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, are conducting research into the effectiveness of care in children’s homes that will include insights from those with lived and professional experience.
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Social care
— 28 Jul 2025
Assessing the proposed changes to the Children and Young People's Services relative needs formula.
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Health
— 4 Nov 2024
Babies, children and young people make up around 25% of the population, yet they only account for 11% of NHS expenditure. Children have their own developmental and health needs, separate from those of adults, that are met through a distinct set of services, staffed by a specialised workforce and underpinned by specific legislation. Yet they have never been treated equitably in national or local decision-making.
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Social care research
A collaborative research project shedding light on the effectiveness of the mental health and wellbeing support and treatment received by children and young people who have involvement with social workers.
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Health
— 31 Jan 2024
Analysis of almost three quarters of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) strategies and plans to determine the extent to which they have reflected the needs of babies, children and young people within them.
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Social care
Analysis of 3.6 million social work assessments to identify twelve common categories of demand present across children’s social care in England and the intervention pathways and outcomes associated with these.
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