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One in three areas fail children with special needs

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

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Councils and health organisations in around a third of areas are failing to effectively support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), analysis by Ofsted and health watchdog the Care Quality Commission has revealed.

Loughton orders circulation of serious case review to all local authorities

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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A serious case review into the case of a teacher who abused children at a primary school in North Somerset is to be sent to all local authorities in the country.

Daily roundup: Mental health, education and inspections

Friday, May 16, 2014

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Self-esteem damaged by overuse of the internet; schools accused of extremism could be converted to academies; and Ofsted criticises Nottingham Safeguarding Children Board, all in the news today.

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Friday, September 19, 2014

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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.

School safeguarding, mental health, and healthy living

Friday, March 28, 2014

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Coventry schools to have safeguarding checks; trust defends offering counselling in cafes; and smoking bans deliver child health benefits, all in the news today.

Brexit 'risks delaying' push for compulsory SRE, warns Creasy

Monday, February 13, 2017

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The Brexit process risks taking up so much parliamentary time that unless legislation to make sex and relationships education (SRE) compulsory is pushed through now, it could be years before another opportunity emerges, Labour MP Stella Creasy has warned.

Ofsted highlights ongoing children's services failings in Birmingham

Friday, July 1, 2016

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Birmingham children's services, rated "inadequate" since 2009, is not doing enough to protect vulnerable children, according to Ofsted.

Children's commissioner to investigate primary school safeguarding

Thursday, January 19, 2012

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The children's commissioner for England is to investigate how well primary schools are safeguarding children from harm as part of a new research project.

Camden criticised after CRB check failure

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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Camden Council's school transport service arrangements have been judged as "inadequate" after a vulnerable child was sexually abused by a hired driver.

DfE bids to boost early literacy skills

Monday, April 29, 2013

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Disadvantaged children are to get targeted help with reading and language as part of a Department for Education-backed project.

School safeguarding in Coventry after Pelka case is 'horrifying', claims study

Friday, January 10, 2014

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Safeguarding practices in Coventry schools are so poor the majority would fail to identify or protect an abused child, an independent assessment has concluded.

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

Thursday, April 17, 2014

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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.

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

Friday, January 30, 2015

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

LSCBs in crisis due to funding shortfall, report reveals

Monday, June 15, 2015

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Local safeguarding children's boards (LSCB) are at "breaking point" because their health, criminal justice and education members are failing to provide enough funding or attend meetings, according to a damning report.

Home Office unveils statutory FGM guidance

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

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Statutory guidance for how children's social workers, doctors, police and teachers should deal with suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) has been published by government as part of attempts to protect potential victims.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

Monday, September 14, 2015

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New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

Monday, December 16, 2013

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Proposed anti-slavery legislation to be published; Cameron rejects child benefit cap; and consultation launched on children's homes inspection framework, all in the news today.

Joint working model cuts safeguarding case delays

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

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Multi-agency safeguarding hubs (Mash) in London have nearly halved the amount of time it takes to deal with child protection referrals, according to new research.

Critics attack ‘illegal' plan to use force in secure colleges

Thursday, February 6, 2014

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Campaigners have hit out at plans to allow staff at secure colleges the power to use force on children and young people to "ensure good order and discipline".

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

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Nine out of ten teachers, police officers and social workers are regularly coming into contact with children they suspect to be suffering from neglect, but up to 40 per cent feel powerless to intervene, a report has warned.

Harris case highlights need for compulsory SRE in school

Thursday, July 3, 2014

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Convictions of celebrities for child sexual abuse highlight the need to provide better education to children and young people to help them distinguish between healthy relationships and abuse, a campaign group has said.

Children's services chief sacked after just four months in job

Friday, November 6, 2015

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A director of children's services has been sacked after being in post for just four months, it has emerged.

Daily roundup: housing benefit, Hamzah Khan and Colin Green

Thursday, September 19, 2013

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Third of council tenants fall behind with rent since 'bedroom tax' introduced; body of four-year-old Hamzah Khan left in a house for two years, court told; and former Coventry DCS Colin Green joins Tower Hamlets safeguarding children's board, all in the news today.

Council attempts to move 500 families 'due to housing benefit cap'

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

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A London council has blamed the government's decision to cap housing benefit for its attempts to house up to 500 families in Stoke-on-Trent.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

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

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