Derren Hayes

Derren Hayes

derren.hayes@markallengroup.com

Learning Through Play uses games to improve children’s executive function skills. Picture: watcherfox/Adobe Stock
Features

Learning Through Play, USA

Education
Wakefield Council has boosted investment in children’s services by £14m a year as part of efforts to turn around performance. Picture: Wakefield Council
Best Practice

Wakefield Council: Local Spotlight

Children's Services
Steve Walker became Leeds DCS in August 2016
News

Leeds' DCS Steve Walker steps down

Social Care
News

In the new edition of CYP Now: Career changers; youth work special; EYFS changes

Children's Services
The number of children adopted in England has fallen by a third since 2018. Picture: Adobe Stock/digitalskillet1
Analysis

Clash over prioritising adoption

Social Care
The government reforms propose increasing the number of literacy ELGs from two to three, covering comprehension, reading and writing. Picture: Adobe Stock/globalmoments
Analysis

Seven key reasons why proposed EYFS revisions must be changed

Early Years
Schooling: “It’s about getting a shared understanding of children’s needs in the borough”. Picture: Alex Deverill
Analysis

Ex-DCS helps Hackney schools to improve

Education
YMCA England and Wales suggests spending on youth services in England has reduced by £959m in real terms between 2010/11 and 2018/19. Picture: Adobe Stock
Analysis

Areas with deepest council youth service spending cuts revealed

Kate Collins: Pressing for action on the NHS Long Term Plan
Features

Interview: Kate Collins, chief executive, The Teenage Cancer Trust

Health
Derren Hayes is editor of Children & Young People Now
Opinion

Support vital to arrest declining adoptions

Editorial
Service providers in Coventry & Warwickshire join forces to deliver youth provision where it is most needed. Picture: YMCA Coventry & Warwickshire
Features

Youth Work: Policy context

Youth Work
Picture: Vasif_art/Adobe Stock
Funding

The Weavers’ Company

Funding