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Young people are able to access training resources provided by companies like Microsoft. Picture: Adobe Stock

2 June 2021

#Chances4Children: Free online academy boosts young people's employment prospects

Fiona Simpson Careers Guidance

Organisations supporting vulnerable children have described the package as "disappointing". Picture: Adobe Stock

2 June 2021

Government’s £1.4bn education catch-up package branded 'inadequate'

Education

Spending on early help services has been dramatically cut over the past decade, researchers have warned. Picture: Adobe Stock

2 June 2021

Local authorities should be legally bound to provide early help, government told

Fiona Simpson Social Care

The #iwill campaign is encouraging organisations to champion young volunteers. Picture: #iwill/Twitter

2 June 2021

Five ways to champion young people during Volunteers' Week

Fiona Simpson Youth Work

Josh MacAlister visits Aycliffe Secure Children's Home as part of the review process. Picture: Josh MacAlister/Twitter

1 June 2021

Care Review to publish Case for Change in early summer, Josh MacAlister reveals

Fiona Simpson Social Care

Education recovery tsar Kevan Collins is said to be behind the plan. Picture: Education Endowment Foundation

1 June 2021

School day ‘could be extended by 30 minutes’ as part of leaked Covid-19 catch-up plan, reports suggest

Fiona Simpson Coronavirus

Amanda Spielman will hold the position until at least 2023. Picture: Ofsted

1 June 2021

Spielman reappointed as Ofsted’s chief inspector of education and children’s services

Fiona Simpson Education

28 May 2021

In the June edition of CYP Now: National Tutoring Programme; Care Commissioning Special; Troubled Families

Derren Hayes Children's Services

Research shows that summer-born children struggle more in education than older peers. Image: Ruth Fry

28 May 2021

More councils allow all summer-born children to delay school start

Derren Hayes Education

More than 80 per cent of NHS children's mental health services employers are worried about stress levels among their staff. Image: AdobeStock

27 May 2021

Burnout fears for children’s mental health workers amid increasing demand

Joe Lepper Health

Secure children's homes provide care and accommodation in a locked environment. Picture: Guzelian

27 May 2021

Significant fall in secure children's homes use

Derren Hayes Social Care

Family court advisers support children the subject of public and private law cases. Image: AdobeStock

27 May 2021

Family court body raises concerns over Cafcass training scheme

Derren Hayes Social Care

PAC chair Meg Hillier: 'DfE needs to carry out a lessons-learned exercise'.

26 May 2021

DfE not learning lessons from Covid failures, warn MPs

Joe Lepper Children's Services

An additional 11,000 children each week became eligible for free school meals last year. Image: AdobeStock

26 May 2021

Over 400,000 more pupils eligible for free school meals amid pandemic, says Labour

Joe Lepper Education

The universal credit two-child limit policy has affected up to 1.25m children according to estimates. Image: AdobeStock

26 May 2021

'End universal credit two-child policy to tackle poverty', urge commissioners

Derren Hayes Social Care