CYP Now - Articles

Disciplines

One in 10 childcare providers say they are likely to close due to cost pressures, DfE finds. Picture : Adobe Stock

News 30 May 2023

Nearly half of childcare providers struggling to cover costs, DfE finds

Mary Jackson is chief executive of Frontline

News 30 May 2023

Frontline awarded £61m government contract to train child protection social workers

Regional care co-operatives will test the commissioning of residential and foster care placements in two areas. Picture: Studio Romantic/Adobe Stock

Features 30 May 2023

Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Special Report

The programme will offer tailored support to young people involved in or at risk of violence. Picture: New Africa/Adobe Stock

News 26 May 2023

£7m deterrence programme rolls out to reduce youth violence

Steve Chalke is founder of Oasis Charitable Trust. Picture: Oasis Charitable Trust

News 26 May 2023

Secure school ‘on track’ to open this year

The government will cover half of costs incurred by the NTP for the next academic year. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

News 25 May 2023

Ministers to double planned funding for tutoring scheme

Dame Rachel de Souza: 'No child should be able to access or watch pornography'. Picture: Office of the children's commissioner for England

News 25 May 2023

Children’s commissioner threatens legal action over government’s asylum plans

Baroness Morris of Yardley: 'Unless the proposals go further and faster, the strategy will leave many children behind.' Picture: UK Parliament

News 25 May 2023

Peers brand government’s Care Review response a ‘wasted opportunity’

Charities have called for increased funding for early years settings. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 25 May 2023

Childcare reforms will not benefit disadvantaged families, charities warn

More than a thousand looked-after children are missing from education, report warns. Picture: fotoduets/Adobe Stock

News 25 May 2023

Hundreds of children in care missing from school, de Souza warns

'We don't know the true scope of childhood bereavement,' Lemon says. Picture: Mark Lemon

News 25 May 2023

Campaigner calls for childhood bereavement register to improve support

Mark Owers: 'These approaches will help to get everyone on the same page, speaking the same language about needs'

Opinion 25 May 2023

Better assessments key to the right support

Derren Hayes: 'The rationale behind RCCs feeds the ‘them and us’ narrative that has developed between public sector commissioners and private companies that provide care'

Opinion 25 May 2023

Non-profit provision the key to solving sufficiency

Jo Davidson is an associate at The Staff College

Opinion 25 May 2023

Reform Ofsted to focus on improving outcomes

Mark Russell is chief executive of The Children's Society

Opinion 25 May 2023

Asylum reforms are a gamble with young lives