Child of the North Reports
Copies of previous Child of the North reports/publications are available to download below.
The following reports are currently available:
Child of the North reports
- Child of the North: Building a fairer future after COVID-19 (2021)
All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) reports
- Child of the North APPG: Child Poverty and the Cost of Living Crisis (2023)
- Child of the North APPG: Addressing Education and Health Inequity: Perspectives from the North of England (2023)
- Child of the North APPG: Children in Care in the North of England (2024)
- Child of the North APPG: Hungry for Change: Tackling Obesity and Food Insecurity in the North of England (2025)
A country that works for all children and young people reports
- An evidence-based plan for addressing the autism assessment and support crisis (2024)
- An evidence-based plan for addressing poverty with and through schools (2024)
- Improving mental health and wellbeing with and through educational settings (2024)
- An evidence-based plan to build the foundations of a new “Sure Start” in and around education settings (2024)
- An evidence-based plan for supporting physical activity and healthy nutrition with and through education settings (2024)
- An evidence-based plan for addressing the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) assessment and support crisis (2024)
- An evidence-based plan for upskilling our children and young people for digital futures (2024)
- An evidence-based plan for improving children’s oral health with and through educational settings (2024)
- An evidence-based approach to supporting children in the preschool years (2024)
- An evidence-based plan for improving school attendance (2024)
- An evidence-based plan for addressing childhood vulnerability, crime and justice (2024)
- An evidence-based approach to creating a culture of inclusive opportunity through arts and creativity (2025)
#ChildrenFirst Reports
- Education Equity for the North of England: Challenges & Opportunities (2025)
- Autism Assessment and Support Update: The Crisis is Worsening (2025)
- Addressing poverty update: UK children dying through poverty (2025)
- Improving mental health and wellbeing update: Learning what works in a worsening crisis (2025)
- Reimagining Sure Start Update: Scaling Best Start to Best Start Ever (2025)
File downloads
Child of the North: Building a fairer future after COVID-19
- File name:
- Child-of-the-North-Report-compressed.pdf
- File size:
- 1.36 MB
APPG Report - Child Poverty and the Cost of Living Crisis
- File name:
- CotN-APPG-Child-Poverty-and-the-Cost-of-Living-Crisis.pdf
- File size:
- 2.89 MB
APPG Report - Addressing Education and Health Inequity: Perspectives from the North of England
- File name:
- CotN-APPG-Addressing-Education-and-Health-Inequity.pdf
- File size:
- 10.77 MB
APPG Report - Children in Care in the North of England
- File name:
- APPG-Children-in-Care-Report-2024-ONLINE.pdf
- File size:
- 5.51 MB
APPG Report - Hungry for Change: Tackling Obesity and Food Insecurity in the North of England
- File name:
- COTN-APPG-2025-EMBARGOED.pdf
- File size:
- 9.28 MB
An evidence-based plan for addressing the autism assessment and support crisis
- File name:
- CoTN_Autism_Report_1.pdf
- File size:
- 1.48 MB
An evidence-based plan for addressing poverty with and through schools
- File name:
- CoTN_Poverty_Report_2.pdf
- File size:
- 1.68 MB
Improving mental health and wellbeing with and through educational settings
- File name:
- CoTN_Mental-health_Report_3.pdf
- File size:
- 1.31 MB
An evidence-based plan to build the foundations of a new "Sure Start" in and around education settings
- File name:
- CotN_Schools-Hubs_Report_4.pdf
- File size:
- 6.91 MB
An evidence-based plan for supporting physical activity and healthy nutrition with and through education settings
- File name:
- CoTN_Physical-Activity-Nutrition_Report_5.pdf
- File size:
- 4.87 MB
An evidence-based plan for addressing the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) assessment and support crisis
- File name:
- CotN_SEND-AP_Report_6.pdf
- File size:
- 2.05 MB
An evidence-based plan for upskilling our children and young people for digital futures
- File name:
- CotN_Digital-Futures_Report_7.pdf
- File size:
- 1.71 MB
An evidence-based plan for improving children’s oral health with and through educational settings
- File name:
- CotN_Oral-Health_Report_8.pdf
- File size:
- 2.12 MB
An evidence-based approach to supporting children in the preschool years
- File name:
- CotN_Preschool_Report_9.pdf
- File size:
- 4.59 MB
An evidence-based plan for improving school attendance
- File name:
- CotN_Attendance_Report_10.pdf
- File size:
- 5.54 MB
An evidence-based plan for addressing childhood vulnerability, crime and justice
- File name:
- CoTN_Crime-Justice_Report_11.pdf
- File size:
- 2.53 MB
An evidence-based approach to creating a culture of inclusive opportunity through arts and creativity
- File name:
- CotN_Arts-Creativity_Report_12.pdf
- File size:
- 7.84 MB
Education Equity for the North of England: Challenges & Opportunities
- File name:
- CotN_Education-Equity-Report_2025.pdf
- File size:
- 5.09 MB
Autism Assessment and Support Update: The Crisis is Worsening
- File name:
- CotN_Autism_Report_Update.pdf
- File size:
- 750.60 KB
Addressing poverty update: UK children dying through poverty
- File name:
- CotN_Poverty_Report_Update_19.09.25.pdf
- File size:
- 765.77 KB
Improving mental health and wellbeing update: Learning what works in a worsening crisis
- File name:
- CotN_Mental-Health-and-Wellbeing_Report_Update_2025.pdf
- File size:
- 502.86 KB
Reimagining Sure Start Update: Scaling Best Start to Best Start Ever
- File name:
- CotN_Sure-Start_Report_Update.pdf
- File size:
- 581.37 KB