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Teachers get more powers in bid to improve discipline

Monday, April 4, 2011

| CYP Now

Schools are to be advised to scrap so-called "no touch" policies, as part of government plans to give teachers more power to tackle bad behaviour.

Government considers 'inclusivity incentives' for schools to tackle exclusions

News

Thursday, October 18, 2018

| CYP Now

The government is to look at incentivising schools to be more inclusive, in response to a critical report from MPs into the increasing number of children being excluded and placed in alternative provision.

School absence rates show significant fall

News

Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is claiming victory for its tough love approach to tackling truancy, after latest figures show a drop in the overall and persistent absentee rates of pupils.

Troubled Families programme delivers substantial savings

News

Thursday, March 12, 2015

| CYP Now

The Troubled Families programme has delivered savings of more than double the amount spent on turning around the lives of families with complex problems, government figures suggest.

DfE withdraws school discipline guidance 'too soon'

News

Thursday, April 14, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has withdrawn official guidance on behaviour and discipline in schools more than three months before it intends to publish revised rules, CYP Now has learned.

Increased power for school staff to search pupils raises concerns among teachers

News

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| CYP Now

More than 40 per cent of teachers are concerned about proposals to give school staff more power to search pupils, a survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has found.

Ofsted announces crackdown on school exclusion 'hot spots'

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to write to more than 100 head teachers across eight exclusion "hot spots", to raise concerns about the high number of pupils being removed from schools in their area.

Schools will not be forced to take back excluded pupils

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Friday, April 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Head teachers will no longer be forced to readmit an excluded child under rules published by the government today.

Number of exclusions for disruptive behaviour on rise amid overall fall

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Exclusions for persistent disruptive behaviour and bullying have increased, bucking an overall downward trend, analysis of latest statistics has revealed.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

Punishments for parents will not stop persistent truants, survey finds

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

| CYP Now

Fining or imprisoning parents of truants will do nothing to stop young people from missing lessons, a study by youth charity Rathbone has found.

Education Secretary pledges action to tackle school exclusion rates

News

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

| CYP Now

Education secretary Damien Hinds wants schools that are successfully dealing with challenging pupils to be central to efforts to tackle high exclusion rates across England.

Architects of SEND system criticise government progress

News

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

| CYP Now

Two disability campaigners who conducted reviews of special educational needs (SEN) provision have criticised the progress of government efforts to improve the system.

Better pupil support cuts exclusions, study finds

News

Friday, July 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Giving schools more responsibility for arranging support for pupils at risk of exclusion cuts the number of children permanently excluded, a study suggests.

Catch22 approved as academy sponsor

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth charity Catch22 is looking to build a national network of schools after being approved as an academy sponsor by the Department for Education.

DfE faces legal action over pupil isolation booths

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Thursday, April 4, 2019

| CYP Now

Two families have threatened the Department for Education with legal action over what they claim is unclear guidance on the use of pupil isolation - after their children with SEN were held for long periods.

Persistent truanting continues to decline

News

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.

Schools fall foul of the law on school exclusion

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Friday, March 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Some schools are failing to observe the law when excluding children, with head teachers in some cases "coercing" students into moving schools, an inquiry by the children's commissioner has found.

DfE lowers poor school attendance threshold to trigger action on absentees

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) is attempting to crack down on truancy and poor school attendance by lowering the threshold at which a pupil is defined as a "persistent absentee".

Drop in school exclusions prompts calls for protection of intervention services

News

Thursday, July 28, 2011

| CYP Now

The number of children permanently excluded from school fell last year, prompting teaching unions to call for greater protection of early intervention and extended services that support schools.

Gypsy children suffering racism in schools, MPs told

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Thursday, September 13, 2018

| CYP Now

Racism in school is a major factor in the low attendance rates of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children, experts have told MPs.

Longfield calls for action to tackle informal exclusions

News

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

| CYP Now

The children's commissioner for England has pledged to push for action to address rising numbers of vulnerable children being informally excluded by schools.

Inspectors criticise quality of SEND support in Medway

News

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

| CYP Now

Health, education and council chiefs in Medway have been criticised by inspectors for failing to work together to improve support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Daily roundup: GCSE results, fines and Neet figures

News

Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Figures show fall in English GCSE grades; number of fines issued to parents in Suffolk for allowing their children to miss school rises by 500 per cent; and Department for Education reveals drop in young people not in education, employment or training, all in the news today.

Ofsted blames poor classroom behaviour on 'casual' school leadership

News

Thursday, September 25, 2014

| CYP Now

An acceptance of poor behaviour in the classroom by school leaders is having a detrimental impact on pupils' outcomes, Ofsted has warned.

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Teachers get more powers in bid to improve discipline

Government considers 'inclusivity incentives' for schools to tackle exclusions

School absence rates show significant fall

Troubled Families programme delivers substantial savings

DfE withdraws school discipline guidance 'too soon'

Increased power for school staff to search pupils raises concerns among teachers

Ofsted announces crackdown on school exclusion 'hot spots'

Schools will not be forced to take back excluded pupils

Number of exclusions for disruptive behaviour on rise amid overall fall

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Punishments for parents will not stop persistent truants, survey finds

Education Secretary pledges action to tackle school exclusion rates

Architects of SEND system criticise government progress

Better pupil support cuts exclusions, study finds

Catch22 approved as academy sponsor

DfE faces legal action over pupil isolation booths

Persistent truanting continues to decline

Schools fall foul of the law on school exclusion

DfE lowers poor school attendance threshold to trigger action on absentees

Drop in school exclusions prompts calls for protection of intervention services

Gypsy children suffering racism in schools, MPs told

Longfield calls for action to tackle informal exclusions

Inspectors criticise quality of SEND support in Medway

Daily roundup: GCSE results, fines and Neet figures

Ofsted blames poor classroom behaviour on 'casual' school leadership

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