Youth apprenticeships: Key policy developments
- Youth Work | Education | 16-19 learning
In 2017, the government introduced an apprenticeship levy –...
Education
In-depth
Special Report: Youth Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are a crucial route to work for many...
Mermaids’ chief Lauren Stoner on the future of the charity and LGBTQ+ inclusivity
- Education | Youth Work | Health | Guide To...
LGBTQ+ charity Mermaids is moving forward after an...
Resources for professionals to promote LGBT+ inclusivity
As part of LGBT History Month, CYP Now looks at some of the...
Inspections Clinic - social care provision
Ofsted’s latest annual report highlights improving standards...
Enrichment programmes ‘give students a taste of what they can achieve’
- Education | Guide To...
An enrichment programme refers to a set of activities,...
How well is the careers advice system meeting children’s needs?
- Education | Careers Guidance | Interview
Robin Walker MP, chair of the education select committee,...
Careers Advice and Guidance Special Report
- Education | Careers Guidance
Reforms have seen schools, employers and training providers...
Interview: Graham Chatterley, educationalist
- Education | Discipline and exclusions
Derren Hayes speaks to the educationalist about his new book...
Legal update: Advocacy and school inclusion
Dr Anna Harris, clinical psychologist at Coram’s Creative...
Interview: Maureen McKenna, education expert advising London’s VRU
- Education | Crime prevention | Youth Offending | Interview
Fiona Simpson speaks to the education expert on her role...
Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24
- Careers | Courses and training | Early Years | Education | Health | Children's Services | Management | Ofsted | Social Care | Youth Justice | Youth Work
With many parts of the sector facing recruitment challenges,...
Inspections Clinic: New SEND inspections
Provision for children and young people with special...
How to repair damage caused by the pandemic to children’s development?
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
As teachers report a sharp rise in pupils struggling with...
Speech, Language and Communication Needs: Special Report
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
With pandemic disruption increasing the number of children...
Inspections Clinic: Changes to school inspections
Responding to criticism, Ofsted has announced changes to how...
Mental Health in Schools: Special Report
With a growing number of children and young people facing...
The case for daily wellbeing lessons in schools
Nadim Saad talks to CYP Now about the importance of...
The big debate: Can the SEND improvement plan create a less adversarial system?
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Social Care | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
CYP Now hosts an expert panel to discuss whether government...
Award winners show what sets them apart
- Children's Services | Youth Work | Education
Since their launch in 2005, the Children & Young People Now...
Interview: Education select committee chair Robin Walker MP
Fiona Simpson speaks to the Conservative MP and education...
Inspections Clinic: Quality of school tuition
Ofsted research paints a mixed picture of the quality of...
Projects to support Ukrainian refugee children over Christmas
Richmond Council's call for new hosts to house Ukrainian...
Special report: Social, emotional and mental health needs
A fresh focus on social, emotional and mental health needs...
Inspections Clinic: Special schools framework
Special schools cater for children and young people with...
Personal Education Plans – the digital solution
Personal Education Plans (PEPs) have long been a statutory...
Government policy briefs for children and young people
- Social Care | Youth Justice | Youth Work | Education | Early Years | Health | Guide To...
CYP Now lays out the responsibilities of ministers...
Supporting children’s mental health in school
Charity Place2Be works with schools to develop counselling...
Legal Update: Sexual harassment in schools
Richard Oldershaw, legal adviser at Coram’s Child Law Advice...
Legal Update: Parent power in EHCPs
An important decision from the Upper Tribunal has upheld a...
Inspections Clinic: Residential holiday schemes
- Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Ofsted | Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Disabled children and young people
Following providers’ criticism, Ofsted has amended the...
Legal Update: SEND Review and green paper
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Qaisar Sheikh, head of education law and senior solicitor at...
Digital Solutions Special Report
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted how digital services...
Project uses storytelling to engage children with nature
- Education | Extra-curricular | Outdoor Learning
Learning project aims to “connect” up to 45,000 free school...
Inspections Clinic: Monitoring school attendance
Latest figures suggest that one in five pupils in England...
Outdoor Learning Special Report
- Outdoor Learning | Education | Youth Work | Outdoor learning
Pandemic policy shifts saw many projects move outdoors to...
Working with deaf children: key resources and training for professionals
Professionals working with disadvantaged children can access...
Legal Update: Rights over exclusions
Machela Boampong, senior paralegal at Coram Children’s Legal...
Interview: Matt Hancock MP
- Special Educational Needs | Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Interview
Fiona Simpson speaks to the former Health Secretary about...
How to overcome the digital divide
The Covid-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on the ‘digital...
Local area SEND inspections
Children and young people with SEND have been...
Interview: Annamarie Hassall, chief executive, Nasen
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Interview
Nasen chief executive tells Derren Hayes about her ambitions...
Sustainable Services: Special Report
- Children's Services | Management | Service configuration | Education | Social Care | Youth Work
‘Eco anxiety’ among young people is rising prompting many to...
Top tips to support young people with SEND over Christmas
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Guide To...
Large gatherings, unexpected changes in routine, bright...
University challenge: help for care leavers
- Education | 16-19 learning | Social Care | Leaving care | Leaving Care
Care-experienced young people are significantly less likely...
Children & Young People Now Awards 2021 Shortlist
- Children's Services | Youth Work | Education | Early Years | Social Care | Youth Justice
The CYP Now Awards highlight the very best practice in work...
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: Special Report
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Recent years have seen a significant rise in the proportion...
Round-up: The holiday activities and food programmes taking place this summer
Just under three-quarters of secondary schools have signed...
Getting sexual health and relationships education right
- Education | Sexual health | PSHE Education
Ofsted has highlighted significant deficiencies in how...
Sexual Health and Relationships: Special Report
Schools will soon be required to teach pupils about sex and...
Good Practice
Empathetic practice, North America
CYP Now has teamed up with the Churchill Fellowship to...
How I Got Here: Andrew Poole, assistant head teacher and Senco
Andrew Poole, assistant head of school and Senco, Everton...
At-risk young people build employment skills
- Education | Careers Guidance
Multi-agency partnership helps prepare disadvantaged young...
Disadvantaged young people gain cybersecurity know how
- Careers Guidance | Education | Youth Offending
The Regional Cyber Crime Unit Prevent Team for West Midlands...
Digital badges showcase young people’s skills
- Education | Careers Guidance
Region of Learning has created a network of learners,...
Early conversations help support young people in Sefton
- Education | Careers Guidance
Charity works with Sefton Council and local schools to...
Special school develops bespoke learning plans
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Early years education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Special primary school helps children overcome barriers to...
Green action connects children to natural world
- Education | Extra-curricular
Young people add new skills and build their confidence by...
International Focus: LEGO play, worldwide
- Education | Extra-curricular | Play
Dr Gina Gómez de la Cuesta sets out how a LEGO play...
Students take charitable action to counter threat of county lines in their community
- Education | Extra-curricular | Youth Work | Participation
Students from a school in Merseyside take up charitable...
Digital campaign boosts language outcomes
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Joint council intervention focuses on improving early...
Supporting communication needs in the early years of childhood
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
In 2020, Public Health England published four peer-reviewed...
How I Got Here: Ezra Rushen, DISC (Digital Independent Specialist College)
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Ezra Rushen, head of studio at DISC (Digital Independent...
How financial training sees pupils get wise with money
- Education | Financial capability
Programme improves young people's knowledge of money...
Thrive improves behaviour and attainment
Primary in Dagenham trains its staff to deliver Thrive...
Training makes teachers ‘trusted adults’
Cornwall's HeadStart Kernow rolled out an intensive training...
Specialist team supports students' emerging mental health needs
Brighter Futures for Children's Mental Health Support Team...
How classroom storytelling sessions target emotions
Creative Classrooms gives children and teachers the...
College provides alternative career pathways
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Alternative provision in Bromley run by an academy trust...
BOSS reduces exclusions for children with SEND
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Family Action's Behavioural Outreach Support Service in...
Integrated service reshapes SEND support for Rochdale
- Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Education | Special Educational Needs | Children's Services
Award-winning project brought together local authority and...
How history education inspires local pride in pupils
Historic England programme helps children gain a deeper...
Careers service assesses needs of home-educated children
- Education | Home education | Careers Guidance
A charity that provides careers advice services for local...
Breaking barriers to employment and education
Coaching scheme gives young participants the tools they need...
Children learn the importance of their rights
- Education | PSHE Education | Citizenship
Programme puts UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into...
Drama boosts confidence and communication
Arts organisation’s drama sessions help children build...
Inspections Clinic: Nine key SEND inspection changes
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission are consulting on a...
Neurodiverse young people hone valuable life skills
- Education | Special Educational Needs
The Life Programme sees students with additional needs...
Legal Update: Managing school attendance
Richard Oldershaw, lead adviser at Coram’s Child Law Advice...
Virtual reality brings experiences of exploitation to life
- Safeguarding and child protection | Education | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
Films depict how a young person is groomed by a drugs gang...
Council educators design e-safety game for SEND students
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Safeguarding and child protection
Educators in Buckinghamshire develop idea for a computer...
Teaching children the world is their oyster
Career-related learning programme in primary schools results...
How workshops help young people find their voice
Jack Petchey’s Speak Out Challenge equips children with the...
How I Got Here: Sue-Ellen Lamb
- Education | Management | Careers
Sue-Ellen Lamb, head of school, Race Leys Junior School, on...
Care-experienced students get bespoke support
Care-experienced young people and students estranged from...
London primary’s whole-school approach to sustainability
Introducing new compost bins, holding paper-free days,...
Benefits of literacy, US and Canada
Teacher Olivia Richards visited programmes in the US and...
Pupils get the right support to achieve more
- Education | Discipline and exclusions
Pupils receive a tailored programme of tutoring and...
Therapeutic approach gives SEND pupils bright future
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Suffolk special school nurtures the learning and life skills...
Service restructure helps Buckinghamshire Council slow rise in SEND cases
- Special Educational Needs | Education | Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Revamp of SEND services improves assessment and early...
How I Got Here: Clare Erasmus
- Education | Mental health | Mental Health
Teacher and director of mental health and wellbeing at...
Transition support for students with disabilities
- Social Care | Health | Disabled children and young people | Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Transitions Service gives support to students on career and...
Inclusive education, Canada
- Disabled children and young people | Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Tara Flood visited New Brunswick in 2019 to observe how...
Whole-school approach brings down bullying
- Education | Discipline and exclusions | Mental Health
Anti-bullying initiative with a special focus on helping...
Support groups give siblings the time to shine
Brothers and sisters of children with special educational...
Parents get the skills to enhance at-home learning
- Education | Families/Parenting
Programme aims to improve children’s outcomes by boosting...
Sports opportunities for children with disabilities
Panathlon Challenge gives children and young people with...
System links council’s education and social care data
- Education | Social Care | Children's Services | Information sharing | Management | Service configuration | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Visibility of children’s wider needs helps care and...
Disaster-based trauma support, Australia
- Health | Mental health | Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Education | Safeguarding in education | Mental Health
The rugged, remote and inhospitable nature of much of the...
Research
Additional Family Costs for Children on the Autism Spectrum
Children on the autism spectrum and their families face high...
Parental Involvement and its Effects on Children’s Education
- Education | Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Evidence shows parental engagement in children’s learning at...
Outcomes for Looked-after Children Attending Boarding Schools
Researchers from the University of Nottingham were...
Adverse outcomes in adolescence following early childhood disadvantage
Disadvantage in early childhood – 0 to 5 years old – is...
Speaking up: Accents and Social Mobility
Researchers explore the role accents play as young people...
Sexual Harassment in Secondary School: Prevalence and Ambiguities
- Education | Safeguarding and child protection
The UK government commissioned Ofsted to undertake a rapid...
Four lessons from the pandemic about learning in natural environments
- Education | Extra-curricular | Outdoor Learning
How learning outside the classroom during the pandemic has...
Experiences of Relationships and Sex Education and Sexual Risk Taking
- Education | Sexual health
In 2018, 6,922 18- and 19-year-olds were interviewed as part...
Sexual health and relationships: Research evidence
Jonathan Baggaley, chief executive of the PSHE Association,...
Learning Inequalities During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The majority of children who did not attend school between...
How can we help young people with a social worker to thrive in education?
- Education | Academies/free schools | Safeguarding in education | Special Educational Needs
Doing well in school is among the strongest predictors of...
Leading Character Education in Schools
- Education | PSHE Education
In 2017, the National Federation for Educational Research...
Social Mobility, Chance or Choice?
- Education | PSHE Education
A sequel to Born to Fail? Social Mobility a Working Class...
Does Outsourcing School Systems Degrade Education Workforces?
This University of Oxford study aimed to find out whether...
The Educational Aspirations and Psychological Wellbeing of Adopted Young People
- Education | Fostering and adoption | Adoption
Local authorities in England and Wales have a legal duty to...
E-Safety: Screen Time
- Education | Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health
Although the phrase "screen time" is not typically part of...
Best Friends Forever? Friendship Stability Across School Transition
- Education | Mental health
Researchers explore rates of friendship stability and...
Facilitating the Social Participation of Pupils With Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Schools: A Review of School Based Interventions
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
This systematic review (of 35 studies) investigated...
Barriers Facing Social Workers Undertaking Direct Work With Children and Young People With a Learning Disability Who Communicate Using Non-Verbal Methods
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
This study asks social workers to identify the barriers and...
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Reforms 2014: Sencos' Perspectives of the First Six Months
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
The research section for this special report is based on a...
Bullying - Evidence from Longitudinal Study of Young People in England: Cohort 2
- Education | Discipline and exclusions
More than 10,000 young people in year 11 were interviewed...
Disability Differentials in Educational Attainment in England
- Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Researchers from the University of Warwick and the London...
A Content Analysis of Youth Internet Safety Programmes: Are Effective Prevention Strategies Being Used?
- Education | Safeguarding and child protection | PSHE Education
This US study assesses the effectiveness of teaching...
PSHE Education: A Review of Impact and Effective Practice
- Education | PSHE Education
This government-commissioned review summarises findings from...
Effective Curriculum-Based Sex and STD/HIV Education Programmes for Adolescents
- Education | PSHE Education
This US study looks at how school-based sex and...
The Impact of Enhancing Students' Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions
- Education | PSHE Education
This paper reports on the first large-scale meta-analysis of...
Evaluation of the Elklan Talking Matters Programme
- Early Years | Education
Researchers from the University of Sheffield's department of...
The Relationship Between Exclusion from School and Mental Health
- Education | Mental Health
Researchers from the University of Exeter set out to examine...
Keeping Your Head: NfER Analysis of Head Teacher Retention
- Careers | Education | Leadership
An increasing number of teachers are leaving the profession...
Transition from care to college
- Education | Social Care | Leaving care
How the Higher Education Champions mentor support programme...
Research Report: Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes
- Education | Families/Parenting
Researchers wanted to examine how the amount of time mothers...
GW4 Children and Young People's Self-harm and Suicide Research Collaboration
The provision of self-harm prevention and intervention in...
Survey of Schools' Work with Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Education | Extra-curricular | Health | Children's Services | Information sharing | Management | Service configuration | Mental Health
A research team led by University College London and the...
Factors Affecting Age at Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis in UK
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Children's Services | Children's rights | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
A number of initiatives have aimed to increase early...
Special Report: Outdoor Learning - Research evidence
- Education | Extra-curricular | Youth Work | Outdoor Learning
These summaries of key research on outdoor learning have...
Research Report: Educational Psychology WorkforceSurvey 2013
- Education | Disabled children and young people | Mental health | Leadership
Authors: Yen Truong and Hilary Ellam
Pre-school Hyperactivity Problems and Educational Outcomes in Adolescence
Are young children with behavioural problems and ADHD at...
Research Report: Evaluation of the Pupil Premium
Researchers identify how schools support children on free...
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