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Regional Ofsted directors to inspect councils that fail to improve schools

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Ofsted will inspect local authorities that do not use their powers to "effectively" improve performance in schools and early years settings, it has been confirmed.

Ofsted chief renews plea for tougher powers to tackle illegal schools

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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman has made a renewed plea for greater powers to tackle unregistered schools, amid concerns children's safety is being put at risk.

Government unveils plans to improve education for children with additional needs

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Friday, March 16, 2018

| CYP Now

A new £4m fund to develop new ways to help children with additional needs move from alternative provision into mainstream education or special schools has been announced.

Educational psychologists blast Doncaster over lack of provision

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Friday, December 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Doncaster council is putting young people's development at risk by failing to adequately staff its educational psychology service, a trade union has warned.

Local government leaders call for election pledges on children's services funding

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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

| CYP Now

Council leaders have called on political parties to include a funding boost for children's services in their general election pledges.

Pupil premium cash used to plug budget cuts

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

| CYP Now

Schools are being forced to use money intended to support disadvantaged pupils to make up for wider budget cuts, a survey of head teachers has found.

Deaf teenagers excluded from conversations

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Deaf teenagers are being left out of conversations because other young people don't know how to talk to them, the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) has warned.

Tory manifesto: New domestic violence offence among raft of pledges

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Thursday, May 18, 2017

| CYP Now

A new criminal offence will be introduced for perpetrators of domestic abuse directed at a child, the Conservative Party has said.

Neet figures show year-on-year rise

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Thursday, May 24, 2012

| CYP Now

A total of 954,000 young people were not in work, education, or training in England in the first three months of this year, government figures show.

Timpson departure 'a loss' for children's sector, says Loughton

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Monday, June 12, 2017

| CYP Now

Edward Timpson's defeat in last week's general election, meaning he will be replaced as children's minister, is a loss for the sector, his predecessor Tim Loughton has said.

Employers including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic to help run new technical colleges

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

| CYP Now

British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Jaguar Land Rover are among the local employers signed up to help educate young people at 15 new university technical colleges set to open in 2013 and 2014.

Children's rights expert made dame in birthday honours

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Monday, June 19, 2017

| CYP Now

A children's rights expert has been made a dame in the Queen's birthday honours, with more than 130 people in total being recognised for their contribution to children's services or education.

Queen's Speech: Plans to scrap free school meals and create new grammars dropped

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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

| CYP Now

Plans to scrap free school meals for primary school children and allow new grammar schools to be opened have not featured in the government's legislative plans for the new parliament.

Labour Conference 2011: Burnham proposes Ucas-style system for apprenticeships

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Young people should be able to apply for apprenticeships in the same way they do for university, shadow education secretary Andy Burnham has said.

Stephen Twigg appointed shadow education secretary

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Friday, October 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has announced that Stephen Twigg will take over the post of shadow education secretary as Andy Burnham moves back to the health brief.

Department for Education loses four civil servants

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Monday, October 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Four civil servants are to leave the Department for Education (DfE), including the permanent secretary David Bell.

Lack of compulsory sex education causing surge in STI rates, councils warn

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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils have warned that increasing levels of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in young people is linked to a lack of good-quality sex and relationship education (SRE) in schools, claiming that making the subject statutory will help address the issue.

Rivalry undermines college advice at sixth-form schools

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Monday, March 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Schools with their own sixth form are failing to give impartial advice to pupils about rival colleges, a survey of further education institutions has found.

Top Ofsted rating should reflect good mental health support, say experts

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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Schools should only be rated "outstanding" by Ofsted if they can prove they are committed to tackling mental health problems and improving the emotional wellbeing of pupils, leading mental health experts have told MPs.

Face-to-face careers advice in schools must be assured, says Hughes

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

| CYP Now

The government should act urgently to guarantee face-to-face careers advice for all children in schools, according to a report into making higher education more accessible to disadvantaged young people.

Summer sparks concerns over child neglect

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

| CYP Now

Parents fear a summer rise in child neglect cases, an Action for Children survey has revealed.

Council accused of 'bullying' education professionals

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

| CYP Now

The Association of Educational Psychologists is considering taking legal action against Hertfordshire County Council after accusing the authority of "bullying" tactics to get educational professionals to commit to new employment contracts without proper consultation.

Schools urged to protect children's playtime

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

| CYP Now

London Play has warned that giving schools the freedom to decide on the length and structure of their day could lead to a reduction in unstructured playtime for children.

Councils wrongly picking up bill for academy conversion, claims LGA

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Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities are "unfairly" having to pay millions of pounds a year to convert schools to academy status, the Local Government Association (LGA) has claimed.

Sure Start centres to provide more childcare places under Labour plans

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Monday, February 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities would be required under a Labour government to offer childcare places at Sure Start children's centres, shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has said.

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Regional Ofsted directors to inspect councils that fail to improve schools

Ofsted chief renews plea for tougher powers to tackle illegal schools

Government unveils plans to improve education for children with additional needs

Educational psychologists blast Doncaster over lack of provision

Local government leaders call for election pledges on children's services funding

Pupil premium cash used to plug budget cuts

Deaf teenagers excluded from conversations

Tory manifesto: New domestic violence offence among raft of pledges

Neet figures show year-on-year rise

Timpson departure 'a loss' for children's sector, says Loughton

Employers including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic to help run new technical colleges

Children's rights expert made dame in birthday honours

Queen's Speech: Plans to scrap free school meals and create new grammars dropped

Labour Conference 2011: Burnham proposes Ucas-style system for apprenticeships

Stephen Twigg appointed shadow education secretary

Department for Education loses four civil servants

Lack of compulsory sex education causing surge in STI rates, councils warn

Rivalry undermines college advice at sixth-form schools

Top Ofsted rating should reflect good mental health support, say experts

Face-to-face careers advice in schools must be assured, says Hughes

Summer sparks concerns over child neglect

Council accused of 'bullying' education professionals

Schools urged to protect children's playtime

Councils wrongly picking up bill for academy conversion, claims LGA

Sure Start centres to provide more childcare places under Labour plans

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