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In Practice: Round up - More monitoring required

Inspectors say schools and children's centres must to do more to monitor the impact of services on children's achievement. Local authorities should pay particular attention to the impact on the most vulnerable children and young people. This was just one of the recommendations in an Ofsted report out last month. www.ofsted.gov.uk

The National Childbirth Trust's North West Reaching Out NetworkConference will address issues around supporting all parents throughchildren's centre services. It will be held in Preston on 7 September.www.reaching-out.org.uk

Local authorities and health partners are being asked to review theirteenage pregnancy strategies in the light of new governmentfindings.www.everychildmatters.gov.uk

The National Children's Bureau has launched a new source of informationfor people working with refugee and asylum seeking children. The AsylumSeeking and Refugee Children Developing Good Practice website is atwww.ncb.org.uk and includes current research, training packs and casestudies.

ContinYou is recruiting for its three-year postgraduate course inLeading Community Learning offered in conjunction with StaffordshireUniversity. www.continyou.org.uk

Rochdale City Council has developed a financial planning tool forchildcare in children's centres. It is one of the practical resourcesand examples being shared as part of the government's ChildcareImplementation Project. www.everychildmatters.gov.uk.

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