The Holyrood Baby

Education committee launch inquiry on attainment gap cash

MSPs are assessing efforts to close the gap between pupils from the most and least deprived backgrounds

Attainment funding overhaul cuts cash to poorest council areas

£43m set aside for nine 'challenge authorities' will instead be dispersed across all 32 local authorities

MSPs call for evidence on incorporating UN rights of the child into Scots law

Being out of school will have affected children – we just don’t know how much

Scotland’s foodbanks see 62 per cent increase in food parcels for children

Comment: Colin Smyth MSP on lockdown with a young family

The Holyrood baby at four: Kirsty in lockdown

Associate feature: Listening to what families need and want is how we will all thrive

300,000 families in Scotland struggling financially through coronavirus crisis

Coronavirus has amplified calls for a universal basic income

‘Inconceivable’ that all pupils would return to school on the same day, John Swinney says

'Impossible' for schools to function as normal with social distancing, warns union

Scottish groups call for inquiry into human rights implications of COVID-19 measures

Less than a quarter of UK parents feel comfortable teaching IT during homeschooling, survey finds

Childcare hubs for key workers to stay open over Easter holidays

Nearly a million people claim Universal Credit as coronavirus outbreak worsens

Roll-out of new Scottish benefits to be delayed

Expansion of free childcare delayed due to coronavirus

Child poverty could ‘soar’ as a result of coronavirus as new statistics show nearly one in four of Scotland's children in poverty

In context: Free bus travel for under 19s

‘Big risks’ surround Scottish Government’s early learning and childcare roll-out

Under 18s to get free bus travel in Scotland after ministers reach budget deal with Scottish Greens

Online child sexual abuse not being prioritised by Police Scotland, HMICS reports

Mobile phone use having damaging impact on young people’s sleep

Scotland's care system is 'failing children and families', independent review says

'Jack's Law' to give bereaved parents two weeks statutory paid leave