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DfE 'making progress' on mental health check pilots

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  • Friday, November 10, 2017
  • | CYP Now
The government remains committed to trials of mental health assessments for children entering the care system that were due to launch six months ago, a Department for Education official has said.

Spielman rejects notion of Ofsted split

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  • Tuesday, October 31, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Ofsted will not be split into separate inspectorates for children's social care and education, the organisation's chief inspector Amanda Spielmann has told MPs.

One in three areas fail children with special needs

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  • Wednesday, October 18, 2017
  • | CYP Now
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.

ADCS vice president: School transport costs 'cannot be justified'

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  • Wednesday, October 4, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Statutory requirements on council provision of home-to-school transport should be reviewed, with current spending of £1bn a year "unjustifiable" in light of ongoing cuts to early help services, the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

Increase in number of child victims of FGM

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  • Wednesday, July 5, 2017
  • | CYP Now
New figures show that 139 children have been identified by health professionals as victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) over the last year, an increase on the previous 12 months.

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