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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.
People trying to access their care records are being let down, the UK’s Information Commissioner warns
09 December 2025
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) today (9 December) has warned that people trying to access their care records a…
National review of responses to group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation to be undertaken in Scotland
03 December 2025
The Scottish Government has announced (3 December) that a national review of responses to group-based child sexual abuse and exp…
Fostering and adoption statistics for Scotland 2024-2025
29 October 2025
Scotland’s national fostering and adoption statistics for 2024-25 have been published (29 October) by the Care Inspectorate, the…
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
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…
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.
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…
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…