People of all ages in Wolverhampton are benefiting from good quality social care, following the publication of two positive inspection reports for children’s and adult services. In the space of a fortnight, the City of Wolverhampton Council's Children’s Social Care Services were rated Good by Ofsted, while Adult Social Care was judged Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – highlighting strong and consistent support from birth through to later life. Ofsted found that

Young people from across Wolverhampton took part in a Dragons’ Den-style event to design new ways of supporting emotional health and wellbeing for their peers. Young Voices Healthy Futures – The Pitch! was organised by the City of Wolverhampton Council, Wolves Foundation and children’s charity Barnardo’s and brought together Key Stage 3 students from seven local schools, each working in teams to develop and present an idea to a panel of 'dragons' at Molineux Stadium. Arou

Parents and carers across Wolverhampton are being reminded that national changes to free school meal eligibility will come into effect from September. Since 2018, all existing free school meal claims have been protected under a Government scheme called Transitional Protection. This meant that around 20,000 children in Wolverhampton have continued to receive free meals, even if their family’s financial circumstances changed. At the end of this school year, this protection