Quiz of the year 2016
CYP Now
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
The Brexit vote, appointment of a new Prime Minister and charity mergers and closures - 2016 has been a year of political and policy change. Test your knowledge of the past 12 months in children's services by taking the CYP Now quiz!
1. How many days was Labour MP Pat Glass shadow education secretary before resigning from the post in July?
A Two
B Seven
C 28
2. What member of the shadow cabinet said in her maiden speech to Parliament: "I'm the only member of the house, who at age 16, and pregnant, was told I'd never amount to anything"?
A Sarah Champion
B Angela Rayner
C Cat Smith
3. What children's charity went into administration in August?
A Kids Company
B 4Children
C Care Leavers' Foundation
4. What percentage of year 6 pupils are now clinically obese, according to latest data from the National Child Measurement Programme?
A 19.8%
B 24.7%
C 29.8%
5. Who did Tim Loughton criticise for being a "quiet adviser behind the scenes"?
A DfE permanent secretary Chris Wormald
B Children's commissioner for England, Anne Longfield
C Chief children's social worker Isabelle Trowler
6. What children's policy document was former Prime Minister David Cameron due to launch on 24 June but was shelved - and is yet to appear -after the EU referendum result?
A Child Obesity Plan
B Life Chances Strategy
C Taylor youth justice review
7. Which former Work and Pensions Secretary and youth worker threw their hat into the Tory leadership ring following David Cameron's resignation?
A Stephen Crabb
B Iain Duncan Smith
C Andrea Leadsom
8. Who upon their departure as a DfE adviser in May said the department was looking for a replacement "who is a bit less high maintenance"?
A Professor Ray Jones
B Sir Martin Narey
C Natasha Devon
9. Professor Alexis Jay replaced Dame Lowell Goddard as chair of the historical sexual abuse inquiry in August. How many chairs has the inquiry now had?
A Six
B Five
C Four
10. From September 2016, what qualification did students need to have to graduate from Level 3 Early Years Educator courses?
A GCSE maths and English grade C or above
B A-level in child development
C NCS certificate
11. How many local authorities are piloting 30 hours of free childcare before national rollout in September 2017?
A Eight
B 12
C 20
12. In August, the Department for Education announced that from 2018 councils will need to pass on a minimum proportion of government childcare funding to early years providers under plans for a national funding formula. What is that level?
A 75%
B 89.5%
C 100%
13. How many children's services departments have been rated "outstanding" overall by Ofsted under the single inspection framework?
A None
B Two
C Four
14. Who refused to back the appointment of Amanda Spielman as new Ofsted chief inspector?
A Sir Michael Wilshaw
B The Labour Party
C Education select committee
15. Proposals in the white paper Educational Excellence Everywhere, published in March, required all schools to do what by 2022?
A Convert to academy status
B Forge links with grammar schools
C Introduce compulsory sex education lessons
16. Which Conservative education minister said: "As a south London boy who had no thoughts of boarding until my mother died, I was regarded as a right pleb"?
A Edward Timpson
B Lord Nash
C Nick Gibb
17. How many children's centres have been closed or downgraded since 2010, according to a CYP Now investigation published in April?
A 1,026
B 850
C 452
18. What did former childcare minister Sam Gyimah pledge to publish by the end of 2015, but is yet to materialise?
A Consultation on the future of children's centres
B Free milk for all under-5s plans
C Updated Ofsted nursery inspection guidelines
19. Which youth organisation did the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services merge with on 1 April?
A Ambition
B London Youth
C UK Youth
20. What is the name of the "youth mutual" that Labour shadow youth minister Steve Reed helped to establish?
A Voice of Youth
B Young Lambeth Co-operative
C Lewisham Youth Mutual
21. Rosie Ferguson left London Youth in March, but who replaced her as chief executive?
A Emma Revie
B Jo Hobbs
C Rosemary Watt-Wyness
22. Which former adviser to ex-Prime Minister David Cameron said there is no reliable way of measuring the impact of youth work and that the sector should "stop looking" for one?
A Paul Oginsky
B Steve Hilton
C Craig Oliver
23. Following his departure from Downing Street, what youth organisation has David Cameron joined as chair of a panel of patrons?
A NCS Trust
B Scout Association
C UK Youth for Europe
24. Youth minister Rob Wilson (pictured) said the government wants to draw on what qualities of the youth sector to shape the new youth strategy he recently announced?
A Creative flare and knowledge
B Insights and wisdom
C Voice and energy
25. What is the title of the musical that will dramatise the appearance of former Kids Company chiefs Camila Batmanghelidjh and Alan Yentob at a Commons committee hearing in 2015?
A Alan and Camilla at the Committee
B One Day in Westminster
C The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Takes Oral Evidence on Whitehall's Relationship with Kids Company
26. In July, which children's charity announced it was entering a "unique strategic partnership" to help deliver children's services in Norfolk?
A Barnardo's
B NSPCC
C Safe Families for Children
27. In February, employers announced they intended to end the dedicated local government pay deal for youth workers. But when did the Joint Negotiating Committee agreement start?
A 1955
B 1980
C 1995
28. Monthly care applications to Cafcass topped 1,300 for the first time in July (1,304). What was the annual rate of increase in applications for 2015/16 compared with 2014/15?
A 10%
B 15%
C 25%
29. What did Charlie Taylor in his interim review of the youth justice system recommend turning young offender institutions into?
A Secure colleges
B Secure children's homes
C Secure schools
30. In his independent review, how much did Sir Martin Narey estimate it would cost to provide "staying close" living options for young people leaving residential care?
A £13m
B £30m
C £300m
HOW DID YOU DO?
30: OUTSTANDING
An outlandish fluke. Provided you have no ideological objections, you ought to play the Lottery quite vigorously over the festive period because your luck is clearly in.
25-29: GOOD
Well done. In 2016 though, try getting out a bit more.
20-24: REQUIRES IMPROVEMENT
You must have a healthy "work-life" balance. Shame on you.
Less than 20: INADEQUATE
Are you a Hollywood actor, footballer or quantity surveyor? If you in fact "work" in the children's sector, the CYP Now quiz team will be paying you an emergency visit soon. Rubbish.
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