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Impact of the SIF will be felt for many years
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Opinion
- Tuesday, January 2, 2018 | CYP Now
Two years ago, Ofsted national director for social care Eleanor Schooling said she expected children's services judgments under the single inspection framework (SIF) to begin improving.
Government must commit to make PSHE mandatory
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Opinion
- Tuesday, November 28, 2017 | CYP Now
One of the watershed moments of 2017 for the children's sector was the government's decision in March to legislate for the introduction of age-appropriate relationships and sex education (RSE).
Police show why early help is everyone's duty
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Opinion
- Tuesday, October 31, 2017 | CYP Now
In a passionate address at the recent National Children and Adult Services Conference, Stuart Gallimore, vice-president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS), explained that cuts to his budget in East Sussex means he will have to make decisions about provision he knows don't "make sense" in the long run. He, like other DCSs, faces the dilemma to reduce funding to early help provision to maintain services for children in care and at risk - knowing that doing so could raise the vulnerability of those whose problems are less severe.
National safety net for SEND funding needed
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Opinion
- Tuesday, September 26, 2017 | CYP Now
There are few more emotive issues than school funding. The government was reminded of this earlier in the year when, in the run-up to the general election, it was forced to backtrack on plans for a national funding formula over concerns the changes would see many schools lose money. To address this, the government pledged in the summer an extra £1.3bn from existing Department for Education coffers to plug the hole in the schools budget. It means that under the revised national formula, published in September (News, p4), every school will now receive a per-pupil funding rise. Few would argue that the formula needed changing, but questions remain about whether its replacement will solve the current crisis.
Tackling child poverty can solve funding crisis
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Opinion
- Tuesday, August 29, 2017 | CYP Now
A decade since the first edition of Children & Young People Now, the financial equation facing children's services has changed dramatically.
PSHE education is vital to prevent radicalisation
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Opinion
- Thursday, June 1, 2017 | CYP Now
Recent events in Manchester have again highlighted young people's vulnerability to brainwashing by extremist ideology.
Relationship skills protect against a 'robot revolution'
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Opinion
- Thursday, May 4, 2017 | CYP Now
Analysis by think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has found that a third of all jobs - 10 million across the UK - are at risk of being lost to automation over the next 20 years.
School inclusion best for struggling pupils
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Opinion
- Tuesday, April 11, 2017 | CYP Now
Department for Education data shows permanent exclusions in state-funded schools rose from 4,950 to 5,800 in 2014/15.
Education system set up to 'manage out' pupils in need
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Opinion
- Tuesday, February 14, 2017 | CYP Now
From September, the education services grant (ESG), used by councils to fund school-based additional learning support for disadvantaged groups of pupils, will be scrapped.
Councils must invest in skills to beat social worker shortage
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Opinion
- Tuesday, January 31, 2017 | CYP Now
More consistent services must be legacy of the Brexit verdict
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Opinion
- Tuesday, December 6, 2016 | CYP Now
In unequal societies, the gap in education and work opportunities between those living on the right and wrong sides of the track tend to get wider.
Innovators show leadership by sharing what they learn
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Opinion
- Monday, June 20, 2016 | CYP Now
Identifying the tenets of successful leadership in children's services is a challenge because, judging by Ofsted ratings, only a handful of councils are delivering on this crucial area. Yet this is what Ofsted has attempted to do with its recent commentary on children's services leadership.
Blame games make the job of a DCS untenable
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Opinion
- Tuesday, October 15, 2013 | CYP Now
Last Friday, the Reading Post published a story about how children's services in the town received only one application for each of the three senior social worker jobs it advertised. On the same day, the Coventry Telegraph reported that 30 demonstrators had gathered outside the city's town hall calling for more action to be taken against the agencies involved in the Daniel Pelka case.
Child safety happens on the frontline, not expert panels
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Opinion
- Tuesday, April 2, 2013 | CYP Now
The government's belated publication of revised child protection guidance produced one surprising move.
Resilience prevails amid Osborne's bleak choices
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Opinion
- Tuesday, December 11, 2012 | CYP Now
Like a piercing, bitter English winter, Chancellor George Osbourne's "autumn statement" was eye-wateringly harsh. It is, without doubt, children and young people growing up in the most deprived households who are being asked to bear the brunt.
Teenagers must not be the forgotten victims
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Opinion
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012 | CYP Now
The education select committee's year-long inquiry into the child protection system could hardly have reported at a more opportune time.
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