Daily roundup: Wiltshire inspection, health guidance and teaching qualifications

Children’s services in Wiltshire has been judged to have improved since being rated as inadequate last year. The BBC reports that Ofsted found that the authority had been swift to address the issues identified. The council has said it will not be "complacent" in continuing to improve the service.

Children’s commissioner for Scotland Tam Baillie has urged the Scottish Government to update its guidance for education authorities about their legal duties to children with long-term health conditions. Research published by the commissioner has revealed “considerable variations” in practice across local authorities. According to the Scotsman, Baillie warned that as a result some children with health conditions were “losing out on their education”.

Teacher training organisation Teach First turned down an application from a woman with a first class degree in early childhood, education and care, because she did not have appropriate qualifications. Julie Dervey, from Hedon in Yorkshire, was told she needed to hold a 2:1 degree or higher in core subjects such as English or history. daynurseries.co.uk reports that Dervey launched a petition, which has gained more than 750 signatures, calling for the Department for Education to deal with discrimination against early years professionals.

Kent’s police commissioner Ann Barnes has said that the process to appoint a youth commissioner in the county will begin in the autumn. Former youth commissioner Paris Brown quit the post in April following a media storm about messages posted on social networking sites. The Kent Messenger reports that Barnes said that now the “furore” was over, she is keen to find a replacement.

Up to 30,000 children in Wales have still not been vaccinated against measles despite an outbreak earlier this year, the BBC reports. Although the outbreak was brought under control, the Welsh Assembly Government's health committee has warned there can be "no room for complacency between outbreaks". The committee was reviewing the Swansea outbreak, which caused more than 1,200 cases of the disease.

And finally... More than 600 children will benefit form a £65,000 scheme in York to encourage their fathers to read to them. The York Press reports that the money, which comes from the Department for Education, has been awarded to York Council’s early years and children’s centres team. The two-year scheme, led by the Fatherhood Institute will target children from areas of York where education standards are low.