Research & reviews of practice

Family and Community

View a range of Family & Community focused research articles and reports from Wales and across the UK for those who wish to develop their knowledge further. This section includes relevant reviews of policy and practice to measure success and areas for improvement. Please note that copyright prevents us hosting some published journal articles and therefore these are provided as links to external websites and may require payment or access arrangement to view.

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  ESTYN Chief Inspector’s Annual Report 2024-2025

  The report aims to support practitioners, leaders, and policymakers by presenting key findings, trends, and recommendations that can help drive improvement across the system

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  National assurance assessment of maternity and neonatal services in Wales

  The path to safer beginnings in Wales is an independent report about maternity and neonatal services across Wales. It assesses the quality, safety, equity and consistency of care

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  Formative evaluation of the Curriculum for Wales

  This report presents a synthesis of findings from across the first phase of the formative evaluation of the Curriculum for Wales.

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  Formative evaluation of Curriculum for Wales

  This report presents findings from a survey of senior leaders and practitioners in schools and settings about their practices, views and experiences in relation to Curriculum for Wales.

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  Success – whose definition counts?

  A new report titled Success – whose definition counts? has now been published, which was co-designed with care experienced young people.

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  National Adoption Service for Wales Annual Report

  The National Adoption Service for Wales (NAS) Annual Report for 2024/25 has been published.

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  Transforming Early Childhood Education and Care in Wales

  The report is based on research with over 780 parents in Wales, a comprehensive review of recent proposals for ECEC reform, and interviews with expert stakeholders.

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  Managing Children’s Residential Care

  This report looks at how the Department for Education (DfE) has responded to the difficulties local authorities face in finding affordable, high-quality residential care for children in care in England.

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  Education Committee Report

  The Education Committee, which scrutinises the work of the Department for Education, published its report into children’s social care.

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  Recurrent care proceedings

  All professionals involved in the family justice system have long been aware that some parents will experience more than one set of care proceedings.