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Schools 'propping up welfare state' during pandemic, researchers warn

Thursday, October 14, 2021

| CYP Now

The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted how schools are “propping up the welfare state” by providing families with food, clothing and signposting to support services, researchers have said.

UK’s ‘strictest headteacher’ to lead Social Mobility Commission

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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

| CYP Now

The headteacher of a school dubbed “the strictest in Britain” has been appointed chair of the Social Mobility Commission.

School meal shortages and end of Universal Credit uplift spark child poverty warning

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Friday, October 1, 2021

| CYP Now

A school canteen provider has urged school catering staff to “stock up” on long-life products due to the impact of delivery driver shortages on supply chains.

Damian Hinds announces education drive for disadvantaged areas

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Friday, January 19, 2018

| CYP Now

New Education Secretary unveils plans to drive up standards by supporting underperforming schools and increase opportunities in areas most in need.

Social mobility board quits in protest at 'lack of government action'

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Sunday, December 3, 2017

| CYP Now

All four members of the board of the Social Mobility Commission have quit in protest at a lack of support from government.

Councils 'should produce local strategies' to boost life chances

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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Every local authority should develop its own strategy for improving life chances for disadvantaged children in order to tackle widening gaps in social mobility across the country.

Boost early years support to improve social mobility, commission says

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

| CYP Now

The early years pupil premium should be doubled as part of efforts to combat worsening life chances for children and young people across the UK, the Social Mobility Commission has said.

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Poor children in the north of England are faring worse by the age of five than their counterparts in London, a study has found.

Child benefit to be docked if parents fail to pay truancy fines

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Parents will have their child benefit payments docked if they fail to pay truancy fines Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

Sector defends universal free school meals amid fears policy will be scrapped

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Monday, September 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Organisations have spoken out in defence of universal free meals in infant school following reports the government is planning to scrap the initiative.

School transition project set for launch

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Monday, April 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Early years providers are to develop closer working with primary schools in two English regions as part of a pilot project to improve the transition of children into formal education.

Conservatives make 30-hour free childcare promise

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

| CYP Now

The Conservative party has pledged to extend free childcare for three- and four-year-olds to 30 hours each week if it wins the general election.

Childcare providers should do more to tackle child poverty, says commission

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Monday, January 5, 2015

| CYP Now

The government's advisory body on social mobility has urged early years providers and local authorities to do more to tackle child poverty.

Government rejects child poverty commission targets

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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Government efforts to tackle child poverty have been branded a "fairytale" after it rejected calls to introduce a range of new targets aimed at improving social mobility.

Teaching schools key to tackling attainment gap of poor white children

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Monday, September 15, 2014

| CYP Now

A school-led, self-improving education system is key to delivering better outcomes for disadvantaged white children, the government has said.

Literacy campaign champions early education role

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Monday, September 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years professionals look set to play a key role in improving the literacy of disadvantaged children as part of a new national campaign to boost reading standards.

Free schools fail to enrol most disadvantaged pupils

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Free schools are failing to admit the most disadvantaged pupils in their areas, research suggests.

Councils increase number of troubled families turned around

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of troubled families helped to turn their lives around by an intensive government support programme has risen to nearly 53,000, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has announced.

Poor white children lack motivation to succeed at school, warns think-tank

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

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A lack of self-motivation and concentration could be to blame for consistent underperformance among disadvantaged white children, a think-tank has said.

Quarter of schools not targeting pupil premium at disadvantaged, warn teachers

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Almost a quarter of teachers think their schools are failing to target pupil premium funding at the most disadvantaged pupils.

Emotional abuse of children to become criminal offence

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Proposals in the Queen's Speech to make emotional neglect of children a criminal offence have been welcomed by leading children's charities.

Children 'bear brunt of parental debt'

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Many of the 2.4 million children of parents who are in problem debt are going without basics such as food, clothing and heating, research by the Children's Society and StepChange Debt Charity has found.

Persistent truanting continues to decline

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of children that persistently truant from English schools has continued to decline over the past year, latest figures show.

Poor students struggle to attend top universities

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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.

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Schools 'propping up welfare state' during pandemic, researchers warn

UK’s ‘strictest headteacher’ to lead Social Mobility Commission

School meal shortages and end of Universal Credit uplift spark child poverty warning

Damian Hinds announces education drive for disadvantaged areas

Social mobility board quits in protest at 'lack of government action'

Councils 'should produce local strategies' to boost life chances

Boost early years support to improve social mobility, commission says

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

Child benefit to be docked if parents fail to pay truancy fines

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

Sector defends universal free school meals amid fears policy will be scrapped

School transition project set for launch

Conservatives make 30-hour free childcare promise

Childcare providers should do more to tackle child poverty, says commission

Government rejects child poverty commission targets

Teaching schools key to tackling attainment gap of poor white children

Literacy campaign champions early education role

Free schools fail to enrol most disadvantaged pupils

Councils increase number of troubled families turned around

Poor white children lack motivation to succeed at school, warns think-tank

Quarter of schools not targeting pupil premium at disadvantaged, warn teachers

Emotional abuse of children to become criminal offence

Children 'bear brunt of parental debt'

Persistent truanting continues to decline

Poor students struggle to attend top universities

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