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Feature: A century of juvenile justice

4 December 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Children Act 1908 brought about radical improvements in the way young offenders were treated. A hundred years on, Joe Lepper charts the developments in youth justice ever since.

Interview: Charity shield - Maggie Jones, chief executive, Children England

4 December 2008, Children & Young People Now

NCVCCO never exactly rolled off the tongue. And despite representing some of the biggest children's charities in England, the umbrella organisation has historically had a fairly low profile.

Feature: How soldiers help disengaged pupils

27 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

The government is investing in military-style education programmes and the Tories have pledged to recruit ex-armed forces personnel to mentor disengaged teenagers if they win the next election. But do...

Interview: On close inspection - Michael Hart, director, children, Ofsted

27 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Baby P case has generated more than the usual level of interest in Ofsted's annual report into the state of services for children in England.

Feature: How to predict children at risk

20 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

A new tool is helping local authorities to spot families who could need extra support. Chloe Stothart investigates.

Interview: Time to be positive - Martina Milburn, chief executive, the Prince's Trust

20 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

You wait all year for a youth week and then three turn up at once. The Prince's Trust held its first Youth Week last week (15-21 November) close on the...

A workforce ready for the challenge

20 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

The government plans to invest heavily in the children's workforce over the next three years. Andy Hillier looks at where the money will be spent and asks how this will...

Careers Guide: Foreword

20 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

There are few nobler career choices than working in the service of children and young people. And there are few occupational groups that are evolving as fast. Plenty of moves...

Interview: Schools for the future - Dr Hilary Emery, executive director, TDA

13 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

Schools are in the dark about the role of the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA), inspectorate Ofsted said in a report last week. The report, on the wider...

Feature: Bullying: We're not willing to be victims

13 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

With Anti-Bullying Week set to take place from 17-21 November, Chloe Stothart asks pupils from Bar Hill Community Primary School in Cambridge how bullying has affected them and discovers what...