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Plymouth Council has been ordered to improve services for children with SEND. Picture: Mickblakey/Adobe Stock
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DfE issues council with improvement notice amid SEND concerns

Education
McAllister: 'Cambridgeshire youth justice service is performing well'. Picture: Sue McAllister
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Inspectors praise ‘highly regarded’ youth justice team

Youth Justice
Foster carers and staff should be properly rewarded for the intense and difficult work they do, say experts. Picture: Adobe Stock
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Trauma experts call for end to profit making in foster care

Social Care
An action plan in place that will be discussed by the council’s Cabinet in December. Picture posed by models: Adobe Stock
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Ombudsman criticises council for respite care failures

Social Care
Councils warn that 'an acute rise in the costs of placing children in care mean in-year spending on children’s services is spiralling out of control'. Picture: Adobe Stock
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Children’s services spending ‘spiralling out of control’, councils warn

Social Care
The initiative is aimed at supporting young people who are unlikely to report crimes against them. Picture: C Fizkes/Adobe Stock
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Youth workers to be trained to support young victims of unreported crime

Youth Work
NCS's Gifford: 'We know schools would like to up their enrichment offer'. Picture: NCS Trust
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National Citizen Service partners with DoE for school activities pilot

Youth Work
Too many care-experienced young people in Devon live in unsuitable accommodation, according to Ofsted
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Ofsted calls for action over council's care leaver accommodation crisis

Social Care
The number of children in need has remained above 400,000 for each of the past two years. Picture: AdobeStock
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Children in need numbers fall but still higher than pre-pandemic levels

Social Care
Glebe House hopes to reopen in April 2024
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Children’s home to temporarily close amid safeguarding and leadership concerns

Social Care
During the autumn and spring terms more than a fifth of children were persistently absent from school. Picture: Adobe Stock
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Children refusing to go to school becoming major concern among parents

Education
Matt Hancock has already called for universal screening for dyslexia in primary schools. Picture: UK Parliament
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Former Health Secretary raises issue of universal autism screening for young children

Health