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Latest news, reports and more from the Centre for Young Lives
Blog
April 7, 2026
Osob's blog - Ambitious About Inclusion
Latest news
April 7, 2026
Osob's blog - Ambitious About Inclusion
Over the last year, we’ve been running our Ambitious About Inclusion roadshow events across England, in partnership with Mission 44. Each event has been a fantastic opportunity to bring together practitioners, local leaders and elected Mayors, experts, and young people to hear about good existing practice and to develop fresh ideas for delivering an inclusive education that serves all children. Osob, a member of the Fair Education Alliance Youth Steering Group, spoke at our final event in Birmingham and has shared her thoughts on the session with us.
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Press Release
March 19, 2026
Centre for Young Lives launches new Vulnerability Index project to transform support for families, women, and girls, and to refocus Government attention on to vulnerable children
Press Release
March 19, 2026
Centre for Young Lives launches new Vulnerability Index project to transform support for families, women, and girls, and to refocus Government attention on to vulnerable children
The Centre for Young Lives has announced the development of a reimagined Vulnerability Index, a major new project that will harness open data to understand the scale and nature of risks facing children and young people to drive earlier interventions.
Press Release
March 9, 2026
Centre for Young Lives report calls on MPs to reclaim childhood and break the stranglehold of big tech by voting to limit social media to over 16s
Press Release
March 9, 2026
Centre for Young Lives report calls on MPs to reclaim childhood and break the stranglehold of big tech by voting to limit social media to over 16s
Blog
March 3, 2026
Ambitious About Inclusion
Blog
March 3, 2026
Ambitious About Inclusion
Luke, a member of the Fair Education Alliance Youth Steering Group, attended our recent Ambitious About Inclusion event in Newcastle and shares his thoughts about the session.
Blog
February 23, 2026
Schools White Paper brings an ambitious plan to put inclusion at the heart of education
Blog
February 23, 2026
Schools White Paper brings an ambitious plan to put inclusion at the heart of education
Press Release
February 23, 2026
Schools White Paper 'best chance in a generation' to reform the education system
Press Release
February 23, 2026
Schools White Paper 'best chance in a generation' to reform the education system
News
February 19, 2026
Bold vision must be followed by system shifts - our framework for SEND reform in the Schools White Paper
News
February 19, 2026
Bold vision must be followed by system shifts - our framework for SEND reform in the Schools White Paper
Ahead of the Schools White Paper from the Department for Education, the Centre for Young lives has published a new framework for SEND reform.
Press Release
February 12, 2026
Launch of the “Young Creatives Commission” brings together top cultural talent for new national inquiry to boost young people’s access to arts, culture and the creative industries
Press Release
February 12, 2026
Launch of the “Young Creatives Commission” brings together top cultural talent for new national inquiry to boost young people’s access to arts, culture and the creative industries
Blog
February 11, 2026
Centre for Young Lives responds to the Milburn Review on young NEETs
Blog
February 11, 2026
Centre for Young Lives responds to the Milburn Review on young NEETs
Press Release
January 29, 2026
Centre for Young Lives launches new neighbourhood ‘Growing Up Well’ model to transform the system of support to tackle the mental health crisis facing children and young people
Press Release
January 29, 2026
Centre for Young Lives launches new neighbourhood ‘Growing Up Well’ model to transform the system of support to tackle the mental health crisis facing children and young people
The Centre for Young Lives think tank publishes Growing Up Well: A new place-based model to radically improve children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, setting out a new tested blueprint for local systems to deliver earlier, more effective support for children and young people.
Press Release
January 28, 2026
Mumsnet survey reveals three-quarters of parents fear for children’s mental health as leading charities launch national crisis plan
Press Release
January 28, 2026
Mumsnet survey reveals three-quarters of parents fear for children’s mental health as leading charities launch national crisis plan
The Future Minds campaign – bringing together Centre for Mental Health, Centre for Young Lives, the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, and YoungMinds – is today (Wednesday 28 January) publishing “Future Minds: a roadmap to transform children and young people’s mental health by 2035”, a new plan to help fix the children’s mental health crisis”.
Press Release
December 22, 2025
Centre for Young Lives publishes new ‘inclusion score’ to map inclusive schools in England
Press Release
December 22, 2025
Centre for Young Lives publishes new ‘inclusion score’ to map inclusive schools in England
The Centre for Young Lives is publishing a new research paper, Mapping inclusion in education, which gives all local authorities an indicative ‘inclusion score’, and which suggests London boroughs may be outperforming the rest of the country on inclusion.
Press Release
December 18, 2025
Centre for Young Lives response to the VAWG Strategy
Press Release
December 18, 2025
Centre for Young Lives response to the VAWG Strategy
Blog
December 17, 2025
What does the first set of guidance for the Government’s new network of Best Start Family Hubs tell us?
Blog
December 17, 2025
What does the first set of guidance for the Government’s new network of Best Start Family Hubs tell us?
Blog
December 12, 2025
No wrong door: How Young Futures Hubs can tackle the mental health crisis
Blog
December 12, 2025
No wrong door: How Young Futures Hubs can tackle the mental health crisis
Blog
December 10, 2025
The Government’s new Youth Strategy sets out an ambitious plan, by young people and for young people
Blog
December 10, 2025
The Government’s new Youth Strategy sets out an ambitious plan, by young people and for young people
Today’s publication of the Government’s Youth Strategy marks the start of a positive 10-year vision for young people, backed by over £500 million. By young people, for young people – this is a strategy that we all stand to benefit from.
News
December 10, 2025
Baroness Anne Longfield to chair the National Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs
News
December 10, 2025
Baroness Anne Longfield to chair the National Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs
Thoughts
December 1, 2025
What do the Government’s latest Early Years statistics tell us about the prospect of Ministers meeting their pledge to boost the number of five-year-olds reaching a good level of development?
Thoughts
December 1, 2025
What do the Government’s latest Early Years statistics tell us about the prospect of Ministers meeting their pledge to boost the number of five-year-olds reaching a good level of development?
Blog
November 27, 2025
What does the Budget mean for children and young people?
Blog
November 27, 2025
What does the Budget mean for children and young people?
Press Release
November 26, 2025
Baroness Anne Longfield, former Children’s Commissioner and Executive Chair of the Centre for Young Lives, responds to the scrapping of the two child benefits limit
Press Release
November 26, 2025
Baroness Anne Longfield, former Children’s Commissioner and Executive Chair of the Centre for Young Lives, responds to the scrapping of the two child benefits limit
Call for Evidence
November 24, 2025
Centre for Young Lives launches 'looksmaxxing' call for evidence
Call for Evidence
November 24, 2025
Centre for Young Lives launches 'looksmaxxing' call for evidence
The Centre for Young Lives is beginning a new research project to explore ‘looksmaxxing’ - a growing internet subculture focused on maximising perceived physical attractiveness - and the impact of social media algorithms on boys' health and self-identity. We want to understand how these beauty trends are impacting how some boys and young men see themselves and the wider world.
News
November 21, 2025
Future Minds Campaign and Fund the Hubs publish new paper setting out the key principles for delivering an ‘in-reach’ mental health and wellbeing offer through the Government’s new Young Futures Hubs
News
November 21, 2025
Future Minds Campaign and Fund the Hubs publish new paper setting out the key principles for delivering an ‘in-reach’ mental health and wellbeing offer through the Government’s new Young Futures Hubs
A new policy briefing by the Future Minds Campaign and Fund the Hubs calls for an open access wellbeing offer in Young Futures Hubs to support children and young people with mental health problems.
Blog
November 6, 2025
The Curriculum and Assessment Review is good - and a step forward towards a more inclusive, holistic, and aspirational education system
Blog
November 6, 2025
The Curriculum and Assessment Review is good - and a step forward towards a more inclusive, holistic, and aspirational education system
Press Release
November 5, 2025
Centre for Young Lives report urges Government to embed Best Start Family Hubs in law and target new funding at England’s areas of greatest need and “childcare deserts”
Press Release
November 5, 2025
Centre for Young Lives report urges Government to embed Best Start Family Hubs in law and target new funding at England’s areas of greatest need and “childcare deserts”
This report sets out a framework for the Government to ensure that its Best Start Family Hubs – the successor to Sure Start – are effectively delivered and meet the needs of those children and families who need them most.
Blog
October 27, 2025
Module 8 of the Covid Inquiry has confirmed children were an afterthought for the Government and shown why children need new rights and an apology
Blog
October 27, 2025
Module 8 of the Covid Inquiry has confirmed children were an afterthought for the Government and shown why children need new rights and an apology
News
October 7, 2025
Baroness Anne Longfield’s oral and written evidence to the Covid Inquiry.
News
October 7, 2025
Baroness Anne Longfield’s oral and written evidence to the Covid Inquiry.
During the three-hour session, Anne’s evidence was able to draw heavily on some of the recent work of the Centre for Young Lives, in particular the research we published in July in our 2025 State of the Nation report
Press Release
October 2, 2025
Baroness Longfield calls for a formal Government apology to children for the damaging mistakes made during the Covid pandemic
Press Release
October 2, 2025
Baroness Longfield calls for a formal Government apology to children for the damaging mistakes made during the Covid pandemic
Baroness Anne Longfield, the former Children’s Commissioner for England, has today urged the Government to deliver a formal Prime Ministerial apology in Parliament to children and young people in England, in recognition of the avoidable mistakes affecting children made by the then Government’s in its response to the Covid pandemic.
Press Release
October 1, 2025
Centre for Young Lives sets out a new framework for effective delivery of the Government’s Young Futures Hubs to keep vulnerable teens safe from harm and support them to succeed
Press Release
October 1, 2025
Centre for Young Lives sets out a new framework for effective delivery of the Government’s Young Futures Hubs to keep vulnerable teens safe from harm and support them to succeed
The Centre for Young Lives think tank publishes a new report setting out a framework of how the Government’s Young Futures Hubs can keep vulnerable teenagers safe and support them to succeed.
Press Release
September 29, 2025
The Centre for Young Lives publishes new research on the power of football to support children and young people and the impact of the Premier League Charitable Fund
Press Release
September 29, 2025
The Centre for Young Lives publishes new research on the power of football to support children and young people and the impact of the Premier League Charitable Fund
The Centre for Young Lives is working with the Premier League Charitable Fund as its learning and evaluation partner to explore how football and football club charities can help to break down the barriers to opportunity facing some children and young people.
Press Release
September 8, 2025
New report reveals almost half of children on free school meals were not ready for school in 2023/4
Press Release
September 8, 2025
New report reveals almost half of children on free school meals were not ready for school in 2023/4
'Education Equality for the North of England: Challenges and Opportunities' will be presented today (Monday 8th September) in Leeds to national child health, education and care leaders, the new analysis shows that 48.5% of children who receive free school meals will have started school without meeting ‘school already’ criteria. Meanwhile, 49.1% of children not school ready are later identified as having Special Educational Needs (SEN).
Press Release
July 25, 2025
Centre for Young Lives’ 2025 State of Childhood Vulnerability report warns the Covid pandemic is still casting a long shadow over millions of children in England five years on
Press Release
July 25, 2025
Centre for Young Lives’ 2025 State of Childhood Vulnerability report warns the Covid pandemic is still casting a long shadow over millions of children in England five years on
The Centre for Young Lives think tank launches its annual report on childhood vulnerability ‘State of the Nation: Identifying Vulnerable Children and Young People and Supporting Them to Thrive’.
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