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MPs recommend Ofsted split

Friday, April 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Ofsted should be split into two new organisations covering education and children's care, an influential group of MPs has recommended.

Government blocks Labour bid to make sex education compulsory

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Conservative MPs have blocked an attempt by Labour to introduce compulsory sex and relationships education (SRE) through an amendment to the Children and Social Work Bill currently going through parliament.

Workers face fewer checks under 'common sense' safeguarding plans

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Friday, February 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Millions fewer people will have to register and be checked to work with children under proposals to overhaul vetting and barring measures.

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Labour's youth justice minister has called for sweeping changes to the way young offenders are dealt with, suggesting that anything that does not work should be ditched.

Daily roundup: Teacher-pupil relationships, council services and children's centres

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils divulge details of teacher relationship claims; government orders action at Norfolk children's services; and Essex children's centres' opening hours to be cut, all in the news today.

Gyimah handed role to strengthen children's mental health services

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Friday, August 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has been handed responsibility for strengthening Department for Education links with child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).

Social workers advised to visit homes for six months in suspected abuse cases

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

| CYP Now

Social workers should consider home visits for at least six months if there are suspicions that a child is being abused or neglected, new guidance has suggested.

Teachers fear Prevent strategy 'stigmatises Muslim students'

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Monday, July 3, 2017

| CYP Now

School and college staff in England have concerns that the government anti-radicalisation strategy is increasing stigmatisation of Muslim students, research has found.

Call for schools to educate boys on abuse risk

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Schools need to place greater emphasis on teaching boys and young men about the risks of sexual exploitation and abuse, Barnardo's has said.

Birmingham children's trust to launch April 2018

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Monday, January 16, 2017

| CYP Now

A new independent trust to run children's services in Birmingham will officially launch in April 2018, with the organisation taking the form of a company owned by the council, rather than an employee-owned mutual, it has emerged.

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, child poverty and arrests of girls

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

NSPCC warning over FGM teacher training gaps, predictions of a nine per cent rise in child poverty, and police arrest fewer girls, all in the news today.

'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).

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.

Extremism strategy to put madrassas under closer scrutiny

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Monday, October 19, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) will develop a new system to intervene in unofficial Islamic schools where there are concerns about the way children are being taught, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Benefits capped, DCS hurt in car crash, tax credits

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Monday, April 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Barnardo's attacks cap on benefit rises, ex-YJB chief to fill in at Redbridge after children's services boss is injured, and TUC issues warning on tax credit changes, all in the news today

Study exposes extent of ‘sexting' among children

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Primary school children view pornography and are regularly "sexting" explicit pictures of themselves to others, a study has found.

Compulsory FGM education to be introduced

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Monday, February 25, 2019

| CYP Now

The dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM) will be taught to all secondary school pupils, the Department for Education has announced.

Daily roundup: Self-harm; Manchester serious case review; and redundancies at the DfE

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Friday, March 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Charities claim the number of children self-harming is on the rise, a serious case review into the death of a four-year-old let down by seven agencies, and a warning over unfair dismissal claims at the DfE, all in the news today.

Government urges training drive to curb restraint of disabled children

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Thursday, November 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Robust staff training plans are needed to reduce the use of restraint of under-18s who have learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs, draft government guidance has said.

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work (TCSW) has called for a government consultation on controversial plans to outsource child protection services to be extended.

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MPs recommend Ofsted split

Government blocks Labour bid to make sex education compulsory

Workers face fewer checks under 'common sense' safeguarding plans

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

Daily roundup: Teacher-pupil relationships, council services and children's centres

Gyimah handed role to strengthen children's mental health services

Social workers advised to visit homes for six months in suspected abuse cases

Teachers fear Prevent strategy 'stigmatises Muslim students'

Call for schools to educate boys on abuse risk

Birmingham children's trust to launch April 2018

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, child poverty and arrests of girls

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

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

Extremism strategy to put madrassas under closer scrutiny

Daily roundup: Benefits capped, DCS hurt in car crash, tax credits

Study exposes extent of ‘sexting' among children

Compulsory FGM education to be introduced

Daily roundup: Self-harm; Manchester serious case review; and redundancies at the DfE

Government urges training drive to curb restraint of disabled children

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

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