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NSPCC's Marsh awarded for outstanding achievement at CYP Now event

21 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

Former NSPCC chief executive Dame Mary Marsh received an award for outstanding achievement at the Children & Young People's Services Awards last night, as Children's Secretary Ed Balls praised the...

DCSF pledges London living wage for all staff

20 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Department for Children, Schools and Families has pledged to ensure all its staff and and contracted staff will receive at least the London living wage from next year.

Leicester nursery loses children's data in security breach

20 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

Leicester council has admitted to a "serious and unacceptable breach of protocols" after a council-run nursery lost a data stick containing personal information on 80 children.

Keystone and Doddington Green Children's Centres, Welsh House Farm and Bartley Green, Birmingham

20 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

What makes them different from other children's centres? They have one workforce, which is shared across both centres. They are about two miles apart.

News Insight: Why tax credits frustrate providers

20 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Working Tax Credit system can be confusing to navigate. Ross Watson answers the essential questions about how it works.

Workers to miss out on training

20 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

Government efforts to focus on continuing professional development (CPD) will be severely restricted by funding rules, a leading early years professor has warned.

GPs left out of requirement to co-operate with children's trusts

20 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

Government plans to strengthen children's trusts have stopped short of extending a legal duty to ensure GPs co-operate.

Forty-one per cent of serious case reviews 'inadequate', says Ofsted

19 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

Forty-one per cent of serious case reviews have been judged as inadequate since April 2007, Ofsted has said.

Report finds digital toys less effective at developing literacy

18 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

Digital resources for pre-school children are not open-ended enough to encourage the playfulness they need to develop literacy, according to academics.

Balls announces children's trusts legislation

18 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

Children's secretary Ed Balls said yesterday (18 November) that he would introduce legislation to ensure every local authority has a children's trust board as soon as possible.