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Queen's Speech: 30-hour free childcare plans ‘unlikely to succeed', charities warn

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to extend free childcare for three- and four-year-olds to 30 hours a week outlined in today's Queen's Speech will fail unless the government provides greater financial support, it has been claimed.

Labour: Ofsted has 'lost touch' on children's social care

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour will launch a consultation on the future of Ofsted if it wins the general election, with the party claiming the inspectorate has "lost touch" on children's social care.

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.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

New quality standards for children's homes should be scrapped by the next government, an organisation representing residential care providers has said.

Fears councils will struggle to meet young carer duties

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils will not be able to meet legal commitments to support young carers that come into force today, campaigners have warned.

Budget 2015: Critics claim Budget 'fails families'

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Politicians and campaign groups have blasted the government's pre-election Budget for failing to do enough to help children and families.

Government commits to overhaul of children's mental health services

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has pledged a "complete overhaul" for children and young people's mental health services to address poor access and support.

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social workers, teachers and local councillors will face up to five years in jail for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

ADCS criticises academies for refusing to take on new pupils

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The government is being urged to take action against academies that are refusing to admit new pupils during term time.

'Councils still failing to properly tackle CSE' - children's commissioner

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils and police forces are failing to face up to the realities of child sexual exploitation (CSE), according to a critical report by the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England (OCC).

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

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Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The government intends to change the law to make reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory prior to May's general election.

DfE staff survey reveals extent of mental health and bullying concerns

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Monday, December 8, 2014

| CYP Now

More than half of staff at the Department for Education are suffering from moderate to high levels of anxiety, a survey has found.

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

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Friday, September 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's homes will be required to show how they support young people and respond to their wishes as part of ongoing government efforts to improve standards.

CYP Now Awards 2014 - the shortlist

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Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

We are delighted to confirm the shortlist for the 2014 Children & Young People Now Awards after receiving a record number of entries.

Council-led trusts should drive school improvement, says LGA

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities should be given powers to create education trusts that oversee improvements to schools in their area, including academies and free schools, council leaders have said.

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities that keep hold of their directors of children's services (DCS) perform better in Ofsted inspections than those that change regularly, exclusive analysis by CYP Now has found.

Judges confirmed for CYP Now Awards as entry deadline looms

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Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's Commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson, tri-borough director of children's services Andrew Christie and Ofsted's lead on youth strategy Tony Gallagher are among the judges confirmed for this year's Children & Young People Now Awards.

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.

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work (TCSW) has called for a government consultation on controversial plans to outsource child protection services to be extended.

Disjointed youth support 'damages wellbeing in later life'

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

| CYP Now

A lack of integration between services that support children and young people as they move into adulthood is storing up problems for their future, a group of experts has warned.

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.

Council chiefs call for scrapping of DCS role

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

| CYP Now

The role of director of children's services (DCS) should be scrapped to give local authorities more flexibility over leadership, a report has recommended.

Neet young people to lose out under data sharing changes, warns LGA

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Support for young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) will be hampered by a change in the way university admissions data is shared with councils, claims the Local Government Association.

Daily roundup: Serious case review, school places, and FGM

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Report highlights safeguarding flaws in Devon; survey finds support for handing school planning powers to councils, and call for teacher vigilance on FGM, all in the news today.

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Queen's Speech: 30-hour free childcare plans ‘unlikely to succeed', charities warn

Labour: Ofsted has 'lost touch' on children's social care

School transition project set for launch

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

Fears councils will struggle to meet young carer duties

Budget 2015: Critics claim Budget 'fails families'

Government commits to overhaul of children's mental health services

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

ADCS criticises academies for refusing to take on new pupils

'Councils still failing to properly tackle CSE' - children's commissioner

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

DfE staff survey reveals extent of mental health and bullying concerns

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

CYP Now Awards 2014 - the shortlist

Council-led trusts should drive school improvement, says LGA

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

Judges confirmed for CYP Now Awards as entry deadline looms

Emotional abuse of children to become criminal offence

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

Disjointed youth support 'damages wellbeing in later life'

Children 'bear brunt of parental debt'

Council chiefs call for scrapping of DCS role

Neet young people to lose out under data sharing changes, warns LGA

Daily roundup: Serious case review, school places, and FGM

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