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Guide to Qualifications and Training: Leaders

Careers
Overall GCSE results are similar to 2019, figures show. Picture: dgl images/Adobe Stock
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Disadvantaged pupils ‘worst affected’ by post-pandemic GCSE mark down

Education
Lucy Letby has been handed a whole life sentence for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of a further six. Picture: Cheshire Police
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Lucy Letby inquiry must consider social worker role in multi-agency teams, says BASW

Social Care
The Ministry of Justice has issued a policy directive on painful restraint in the youth secure estate. Picture: William/Adobe Stock
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Government bans use of painful restraint in youth custody estate

Youth Justice
The cost-of-living crisis is a major factor in the increase in destitution, reasearchers say. Picture: Adobe Stock
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Charity reveals ‘significant increase’ in child destitution  

Social Care
The intiative offers two tiers of training for organisations. Picture: Auremar/Adobe Stock
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Service launches to help charities tackle child sexual abuse

Children's Services
Christine Gilbert is a former Ofsted chief inspector. Picture: EEF
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Former Ofsted chief to chair education charity

Education
The partnership aims to boost councils’ access to permanent staff. Picture: Adobe Stock
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£20m London-wide social worker recruitment initiative launches

Social Care
Article 39's chief executive Carolyne Willow has called for an expansion of the plans for the mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse. Picture: Article 39
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Mandatory reporting professionals list ‘too narrow’, warn campaigners

Social Care
Ofsted praised improvements made at Lambeth Council over the past year. Photo: Lambeth AdobeStock
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Ofsted praises Lambeth’s in house review of children’s services

Children's Services
Among all young people surveyed just 48 per cent said student loans were “a good investment” in their future. Photo: AdobeStock
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Young people in food poverty struggling to afford university, warns Sutton Trust

Social Care
Action by families against councils’ decisions over the last decade have tripled, research finds. Picture: Adobe Stock
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Almost all SEND appeals against council decisions upheld, figures show

Education