Children's Commissioner's report on childhood recognises Haringey!

The Children's Commissioner for England has published a detailed report today about how children experience services in this country, and the impact on them and their life chances.

Called the Childhood Lottery it sets out evidence from a huge number of data sets which illustrate how children's lives can be affected so profoundly by virtue of where they live and the services provided  - effectively a real postcode lottery.  The report is here:

https://assets.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wpuploads/2026/10/The-C...

In the research Haringey comes 7th nationally as one of 'The least challenging places to be a child'.

This ranking, combining all the individual  rankings across so many different areas is a vindication of Haringey's work and approach to children's services over many years.

Despite challenging financial  pressures, we protected our early years, early education and childcare services; supported schools in raising standards to 98% good or outstanding;  improved support for children looked after, and for care leavers; developed additional bases in schools for children with special educational needs and worked creatively to improve work with young offenders.

Its a record to be proud of and I am delighted the Children's Commissioner has recognised the huge amount of work done in Haringey across Children's and other services over many years to give children a good start in life. 

Zena Brabazon

Labour Councillor, 2018-2026, Harringay ward

Declaration - I was Cabinet Member for Children, Schools and Families, 2021-2026