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Poor students struggle to attend top universities

Monday, March 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Only four out of every 100 students at the UK's top universities come from disadvantaged backgrounds, latest government figures show.

Council criticised for failing to support home-schooled child

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Thursday, December 3, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been criticised by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) for failing to support a boy who was being home schooled.

Morgan rejects calls for statutory PSHE

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

| CYP Now

The government will not be making the teaching of personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) compulsory in schools, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has announced.

Apprenticeship funding changes could hit scheme places, employers warn

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Latest government plans to overhaul apprenticeship funding will discourage employer participation and reduce the number of places for young people, training providers have warned.

MPs call for national syllabuses for exam boards to prevent 'dumbing down'

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Monday, July 2, 2012

| CYP Now

National syllabuses should be introduced to stop the "dumbing down" of exams and restore public confidence in the system, the education select committee has concluded.

Ofsted lauds FE colleges' support role but exposes flaws in preventing Neets

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Monday, March 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted has praised further education colleges in London for helping re-engage disadvantaged young people with learning and putting a strong focus on students' welfare.

Union leader threatens further school strike action

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

| CYP Now

Further strikes at schools across the country could take place in the coming months if demands on pay and conditions are not met, a union leader has warned.

Barnardo's chief hits out at 'disastrous' EMA replacement

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

| CYP Now

The chief executive of Barnardo's has described the replacement for the education maintenance allowance (EMA) as a "disastrous step backwards" after government statistics revealed the percentage of 16- to 18-year-olds participating in education and training rose by two per cent last year.

Ofsted chief: Poor leadership, not structures, causes schools to fail

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The debate on whether schools should remain under local authority control in order to maintain standards is "outdated" and "sterile", according to Ofsted's chief inspector.

Unions launch careers advice campaign

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Trade unions are calling for every young person to have access to face-to-face careers guidance provided by highly qualified professionals.

Work skills training at centre of Labour's education manifesto

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Friday, April 10, 2015

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has pledged a raft of improvements to careers support and vocational training in schools if it wins the next general election.

Government must boost accountability of education providers

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Increased spending on education for 16- to 18-year-olds in England has improved results but poor performance monitoring remains a barrier to evaluating value for money, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

Young people miss out on apprenticeship opportunities, claims IPPR

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Monday, November 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Just 30 per cent of the extra 126,000 apprenticeships created last year went to young people, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has reported ahead of the publication of youth unemployment figures this week.

Fears youth unemployment will rise further as figures hit five-year high

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

| CYP Now

The number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) during the last three months of 2010 reached its highest level for the final quarter of a year since 2005.

Half of Foundation Learning participants do not progress

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Only half of the young people on Foundation Learning courses assessed by Ofsted progressed into full-time education, training, apprenticeships or employment in the first two years of the programme.

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Poor students struggle to attend top universities

Council criticised for failing to support home-schooled child

Morgan rejects calls for statutory PSHE

Apprenticeship funding changes could hit scheme places, employers warn

MPs call for national syllabuses for exam boards to prevent 'dumbing down'

Ofsted lauds FE colleges' support role but exposes flaws in preventing Neets

Union leader threatens further school strike action

Barnardo's chief hits out at 'disastrous' EMA replacement

Ofsted chief: Poor leadership, not structures, causes schools to fail

Unions launch careers advice campaign

Work skills training at centre of Labour's education manifesto

Government must boost accountability of education providers

Young people miss out on apprenticeship opportunities, claims IPPR

Fears youth unemployment will rise further as figures hit five-year high

Half of Foundation Learning participants do not progress

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