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Call to extend free school meals to all children in poverty

Friday, December 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Nearly three quarters of teachers say children they teach have arrived at school without lunch or any money to buy food, a study by The Children's Society has found.

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

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Monday, January 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to cap benefit payments until 2015 will reverse efforts to reduce child poverty and plunder the income of low- to middle-earning families, charities have warned.

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms will create a two-tier system of support for children with disabilities, campaigners have warned.

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Low wages, welfare changes and taxes will push down living standards for 690,000 more children in the next two years, the union federation claims.

More children going hungry in school holidays, survey finds

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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

| CYP Now

Growing numbers of children are not getting enough food to eat over the school holidays, research has found.

Concern over 'missing' millions in free school meal funding

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Friday, June 28, 2019

| CYP Now

Tens of millions of pounds of free school meal funding allocated to some of the poorest children goes missing every year, latest research suggests.

Boy with SEND 'put at risk' after being sent to school on farm

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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

| CYP Now

A council that schooled an autistic boy at an unregistered community farm has been ordered to pay £5,300 towards his education and for the distress and injustice caused to him and his family.

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Act has received royal assent, ushering in a raft of changes including adoption reforms, greater protection for vulnerable children and shared parental leave.

Young people with autism 'need legal right to educational support'

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Friday, October 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Young disabled people must be given the legal right to educational support up to the age of 25 if they are to achieve independence later in life, a charity has warned.

Government to make SRE compulsory from 2019

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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

| CYP Now

Sex and relationships education (SRE) will be made compulsory in all secondary schools, while all children in primary schools will be taught about healthy relationships, but not sex, the government has announced.

Health visitors report rise in children with communication difficulties

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

| CYP Now

There has been an eight per cent rise in health visitors reporting more children experiencing delayed language in the space of a single year, it has emerged.

Inspectors praise support for SEND care leavers in Cornwall

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Friday, August 25, 2017

| CYP Now

Efforts to support the health needs of looked-after children and care leavers in Cornwall have been praised by inspectors.

Children's services mutual transfer hinders SEND progress in Windsor

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Friday, September 1, 2017

| CYP Now

Efforts to improve support for children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) in Windsor & Maidenhead have been hindered by structural changes, inspectors have found.

ADCS brands plans to reduce child protection guidance 'detrimental'

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Thursday, August 30, 2012

| CYP Now

The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned that government plans to reduce child protection guidance could be "detrimental" to professionals' ability to safeguard children.

Ombudsman criticises EHC plan shortcomings

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Monday, October 23, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils need to do better at delivering education, health and care (EHC) plans for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has warned.

Three North East councils consider children's services merger

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Friday, September 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Darlington, Hartlepool and Redcar & Cleveland councils are considering plans to merge the management of their social care and education departments.?

Youth workers to deliver major mental health initiative in schools

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's charity Action for Children is to pilot a mental health initiative that will see youth workers support young people in schools, with a view to introducing it across the UK next year.

Schools urged to improve meals to boost uptake

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

| CYP Now

Schools should invest in improving the quality and attractiveness of meals, a charity has warned after research revealed school food prices are being forced up because of low uptake.

Labour conference: Councils should get academy intervention powers, says Powell

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities would be given greater powers to improve school standards under a Labour government, the party's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell has said.

Government urged to clarify future of PE and sport funding for primary schools

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Friday, June 12, 2020

| CYP Now

The government is being urged to provide clarity to primary schools over whether £320m of funding for PE and sport will be made available for the next academic year.

Children’s commissioner launches ‘once-in-a-generation’ review of childhood

News

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

| CYP Now

The new children’s commissioner for England has announced plans to create a 10-year “blueprint” to help children recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Free glasses to boost literacy skills among poor pupils

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Monday, September 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Free reading glasses will be given to thousands more disadvantaged pupils in a bid to boost their literacy skills, the government has announced.

Disadvantaged families will struggle to access expanded funded childcare, MPs told

News

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

| CYP Now

Certain groups of parents, including those from deprived areas, will continue to face barriers in accessing funded childcare hours under the expanded provision announced as part of the Budget, experts have told MPs.

LSCB chief warns of safeguarding risks from government review

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Friday, February 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Uncertainty over the future of serious case reviews (SCRs) is damaging local safeguarding arrangements, local safeguarding children board (LSCB) leaders have warned.

Families 'still fighting for support' despite SEND reform

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Monday, September 2, 2019

| CYP Now

Families are still not getting enough support for special educational needs and disabilities, according to a damning sector statement published to mark five years since the SEND reforms.

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Call to extend free school meals to all children in poverty

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

More children going hungry in school holidays, survey finds

Concern over 'missing' millions in free school meal funding

Boy with SEND 'put at risk' after being sent to school on farm

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

Young people with autism 'need legal right to educational support'

Government to make SRE compulsory from 2019

Health visitors report rise in children with communication difficulties

Inspectors praise support for SEND care leavers in Cornwall

Children's services mutual transfer hinders SEND progress in Windsor

ADCS brands plans to reduce child protection guidance 'detrimental'

Ombudsman criticises EHC plan shortcomings

Three North East councils consider children's services merger

Youth workers to deliver major mental health initiative in schools

Schools urged to improve meals to boost uptake

Labour conference: Councils should get academy intervention powers, says Powell

Government urged to clarify future of PE and sport funding for primary schools

Children’s commissioner launches ‘once-in-a-generation’ review of childhood

Free glasses to boost literacy skills among poor pupils

Disadvantaged families will struggle to access expanded funded childcare, MPs told

LSCB chief warns of safeguarding risks from government review

Families 'still fighting for support' despite SEND reform

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