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Early years groups criticise plans to promote school-based childcare

Monday, March 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Government moves to make schools publish details of their own childcare provision alongside their academic results will disadvantage other nursery providers, early years groups have said.

Call for political parties to pledge action on nursery staff pay

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Monday, March 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Education union Voice is calling on political parties contesting May's general election to pledge to tackle low pay in the early years sector and among school support staff.

Troubled Families programme delivers substantial savings

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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.

Playwork practitioners back creation of new representative body

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

| CYP Now

More than nine out of 10 playwork practitioners think a new membership body is needed for the profession in the UK, according to a poll.

Call for schools to improve vocational training advice

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Friday, March 6, 2015

| CYP Now

School careers advice services must give greater priority to promoting vocational training opportunities, a youth training organisation has said.

Job training plan aims to help 10,000 Birmingham young people

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Thursday, March 5, 2015

| CYP Now

A programme has been launched to create 10,000 work experience opportunities for unemployed young people in Birmingham.

Charity slams academy exclusion practices

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Academies have been criticised for having an "alarmingly higher" rate of pupil exclusions than state schools and for failing to reinstate pupils on appeal.

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.

Brent Council rejects youth service closure plans but backs outsourcing

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

| CYP Now

The London Borough of Brent has thrown out plans to axe youth services, close children's centres and impose sweeping cuts to its Connexions services.

Campaigner raises concerns over Northamptonshire outsourcing plans

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Monday, February 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Northamptonshire County Council plans to outsource all of its children's services, including child protection, to a staff-run mutual have been criticised by Children England.

'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).

Youth services face axe in Brent

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Monday, February 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Councillors in the London Borough of Brent are to meet next week to discuss plans to axe its entire youth service.

Post-16 study failings cost £800m, says LGA

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Monday, February 2, 2015

| CYP Now

More than £800m of education money is being "wasted" by schools and colleges because of poor advice being given to students about post-16 study options, local government leaders have said.

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.

Morgan rules out more school commissioners

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has ruled out increasing the number of regional schools commissioners, even if their role significantly increases in the future as the Conservatives envisage.

Nicky Morgan: Promote British values to quash racism concerns

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

| CYP Now

The promotion of fundamental British values will make the children's workforce more confident in investigating concerns linked to race, the Education Secretary has said.

Call to let Birmingham young people help shape services

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham Council needs to let young people have a greater say in the shape of local services and help champion their voices across the city, a group of childhood experts have said.

NDNA urges early years expertise in new school inspection framework

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Friday, October 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has warned that the move to a single inspection framework covering all education provision must not lead to further "schoolification" of the early years.

IPPR calls for creation of local school commissioners to prevent more 'cracks in the system'

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Local commissioners should be introduced to oversee new school places, hold academies to account and coordinate area-wide education improvement work, a think-tank has said.

Ofsted blames poor classroom behaviour on 'casual' school leadership

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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.

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.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A new director of children's services has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to turn around the troubled department.

Daily roundup: School population, child obesity, and extremism

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Friday, July 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Numbers of pupils to top eight million by 2023; London mayor launches drive to tackle child obesity; and school extremism report leaked, all in the news today.

Brooks Newmark takes on youth work and charities brief

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Brooks Newmark has been confirmed as the new minister for civil society with responsibility for youth services and the voluntary sector.

Nicky Morgan appointed Education Secretary as Gove and Truss depart

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Nicky Morgan has been appointed Secretary of State for Education as part of a surprisingly sweeping Cabinet reshuffle that has seen a number of children's sector ministerial posts change hands.

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Early years groups criticise plans to promote school-based childcare

Call for political parties to pledge action on nursery staff pay

Troubled Families programme delivers substantial savings

Playwork practitioners back creation of new representative body

Call for schools to improve vocational training advice

Job training plan aims to help 10,000 Birmingham young people

Charity slams academy exclusion practices

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

Brent Council rejects youth service closure plans but backs outsourcing

Campaigner raises concerns over Northamptonshire outsourcing plans

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

Youth services face axe in Brent

Post-16 study failings cost £800m, says LGA

DfE staff survey reveals extent of mental health and bullying concerns

Morgan rules out more school commissioners

Nicky Morgan: Promote British values to quash racism concerns

Call to let Birmingham young people help shape services

NDNA urges early years expertise in new school inspection framework

IPPR calls for creation of local school commissioners to prevent more 'cracks in the system'

Ofsted blames poor classroom behaviour on 'casual' school leadership

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

Daily roundup: School population, child obesity, and extremism

Brooks Newmark takes on youth work and charities brief

Nicky Morgan appointed Education Secretary as Gove and Truss depart

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