Find out about the free childcare support available to you – including childcare places and breakfast clubs 8th May 2025 Hull City Council is urging local parents and carers to take advantage of the free childcare provision available to them. The government’s childcare offer for working parents has expanded over the past year and the council want to ensure parents and carers understand what their options are for their child’s government-funded early education. The council’s […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News 30 hours free childcarebreakfast clubscareersChildcarechildcare fundingChildren and familiesChildren and young peopleEarly educationEarly yearsEducationFamily Information ServiceFree childcare
Free Hull events aim to prevent child car seat errors that could cost young lives 8th May 2025 Hull City Council has teamed up with Safer Roads Humber and award-winning child safety experts Good Egg Safety CIC to deliver a series of free child car seat safety events —designed to prevent life-threatening installation errors and give parents and carers added peace of mind. Starting this month, seven events will take place across Hull, […] Read more Children and families News What's on Councillor Mark IeronimoGood Egg Safety CICSafer Roads Humber
Hull City Council’s Connexions service receives glowing report as it retains accreditation 30th April 2025 Hull City Council’s Connexions service has retained the matrix accreditation for the quality of its information, advice and guidance services to young people in Hull. Connexions offer support for young people and adults up to 25 years into employment, education and training. The matrix Standard is the international quality standard for organisations that deliver information, […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News child friendly cityChildren and familiesChildren and young peopleconnexionsEducationEmploymentIAGLearning and skillsmatrix standardPauline TurnerSENDTraining
Move over, CBeebies stars – Hull’s young storytellers steal the spotlight at red carpet premiere 25th April 2025 Hull’s newest screen stars lit up the red carpet last night at a special premiere event celebrating the magic of reading aloud and the power of performance. Hosted at Hull Central Library, the glamorous event marked the finale of ‘Hull’s Young Storytellers: Lights, Camera, Read!’, a creative literacy project that saw 36 year five pupils […] Read more Children and families Leisure & Culture Libraries News Anderson PressCBeebiesChris HeesHannah LevyHorizon Academy TrustHull Central LibraryHull LibrariesHull's Young StorytellersJames Reckitt Library TrustLights Camera ReadMichelle AlfordPeter BentlySchools Library Service
Hull children receive their primary school place offer 16th April 2025 Today is National Offer Day and families across Hull will have received their children’s primary school place allocation for September. 96% of pupils were offered their first preference of school this year. 99% of pupils obtained one of their three preferences. In total, around 2,900 children make up the total cohort of pupils at Hull’s […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News EducationHull SchoolsPauline Turnerprimary school placesschools
Hull social workers recognised as some of the country’s ‘Amazing Social Workers’ this Social Work Week 20th March 2025 Social workers across Hull City Council’s Children and Family Services have been honoured as some of the ‘Amazing Social Workers’ being celebrated for World Social Work Week. Many individuals, as well as one of the teams, have been profiled as part of the British Association of Social Worker’s (BASW) annual celebrations. The BASW is the […] Read more Children and families News child friendly cityChildren and familiesChildren and young peopleChildren Social ServicesPauline Turnersocial workSocial Work Academysocial work week
Marketplace drop-in event to showcase education and training opportunities for young people with SEND 7th March 2025 Hull City Council is hosting a marketplace event for Hull young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). It’s a chance for young people and their families to find out more about their options and support their preparation for adulthood. The event is aimed at young people with SEND aged 14-25 and takes place […] Read more Adult social care Children and families Education and Learning News adult social careChildren and familiesChildren and young peopleCouncillor Linda TockEducationPrinces QuaySENDTraining
LGBTQ+ people in Hull invited to learn more about adoption and fostering 4th March 2025 Hull City Council’s fostering team and One Adoption North and Humber, the regional adoption agency for North Yorkshire and the Humber councils, are showing their support for LGBTQ+ Adoption and Fostering Week this week. This year’s campaign, ‘#ChangeLives in ’25’, calls for more people from the community to explore fostering and adoption as a way […] Read more Children and families News Children and familiesChildren and young peopleCouncillor Linda TockFosteringHull FosteringOne Adoption North and Humber
Hull’s Young MPs represent Hull in Westminster debate 4th March 2025 Two members of Hull’s Youth Parliament (MYPs) made the trip up to Westminster on Friday 28 February, where they met for a debate with the rest of the UK Youth Parliament. Members of the UK Youth Parliament met for their annual debate in the House of Commons in Westminster to discuss the top five issues […] Read more Children and families News Councillor Linda TockHull Youth ParliamentNational Youth AgencyYouth Parliament
Increase in first choice of school for Hull’s secondary allocation 3rd March 2025 Today, Monday 3 March, parents of children starting secondary school in Hull in September 2025 will be offered a school place. This year, over 85 per cent of pupils have received their first choice of school and 96 per cent have been offered one of their choices. These are both increases from the 2024-25 allocation, […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Cllr Linda TockOfstedSecondary allocationSeptember
Youth reps in Hull launch new resource for food support 20th February 2025 Hull’s Young Mayor and Youth Representatives have launched a website to help residents access nutritional information, recipes and food support. Hull’s Young Mayor and Youth Representatives are a voluntary group of young people aged 11 to 17 years old. The members of the group meet weekly and discuss policies and services that are important to […] Read more Children and families News child friendly cityChildren and familiesChildren and young peopleCouncillor Linda TockHEY Smile FoundationHull's Young MayorSmile FoundationYoung Mayor
New video on Supported Internships shows how they help more young people with SEND into work 11th February 2025 Hull City Council has a new video on Supported Internships and how they are supporting young people in Hull gain valuable work experience. The council have been working hard to increase the number of young people accessing Supported Internship programmes locally. Working with a range of partners including, Hull College, Bishop Burton College, Wilberforce College, […] Read more Children and families News asdaBishop Burton Collegechild friendly cityChildren and familiesChildren and young peopleCity Health Care Partnership CICconnexionsCouncillor Linda TockDepartment for EducationDepartment for Work and PensionsDWPEducationEHCPFareShareHull CollegeHumberside PoliceJobslearning disabilitiesNHSSENDspecial educational needs or disabilitiesSupported InternshipsTrainingWilberforce Sixth Form College
