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Staff skills vital to disabled access

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  • Tuesday, April 29, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Extended schools and children's centres should develop a welcoming attitude and spend more on staff training to make sure services cater for disabled children, new guidance suggests.

Restraint training needed for entire workforce

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  • Tuesday, April 21, 2009
  • | CYP Now
The whole of the children's workforce would benefit from basic training on the law relating to the use of restraint, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Education sector fears lack of cash

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  • Tuesday, September 18, 2007
  • | CYP Now
Close to half of education and early years workers are worried that a lack of money will jeopardise the work of children's centres and extended schools.

In Practice: Ask the experts - How can my school improve community cohesion?

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  • Tuesday, June 30, 2009
  • | CYP Now
A good way to promote joint working and to address community needs is for your school to establish a partnership group, which includes representatives from local community groups and agencies, school governors, the police, teachers, parents and the wider community. And, of course, it is important that young people are consulted too.

Joint working - Arise, the next children's commissioner

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  • Tuesday, June 16, 2009
  • | CYP Now
England's first children's commissioner is preparing to step down as recruitment for his successor gets under way. Joe Lepper considers Sir Al Aynsley-Green's achievements, the remit of the role and some of the potential candidates to take his place.

Sector declares opposition to Ofsted split

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  • Monday, April 18, 2011
  • | CYP Now
Proposals to split Ofsted into two separate inspectorates of education and children's care would make the government's policies on children with special educational needs, early years services and looked-after children unviable, sector leaders have warned.

Think Big Society

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  • Monday, September 13, 2010
  • | CYP Now
David Cameron has pledged to scale back state-run public services and give citizens the power to "build the Britain they want". Here, six leading figures from the sector explore what the Prime Minister's vision will mean.

Former DCS to manage quango cuts

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  • Monday, October 4, 2010
  • | CYP Now
An influential former director of children's services (DCS) has been tasked with overseeing the abolition of quangos within the Department for Education (DfE).

Children at the centre

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  • Friday, May 16, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Want to get the best for children? Then don't miss this year's Children's Centre and Extended School Show to catch up on new developments.

Election 2010: Party Policy Guide

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  • Friday, April 23, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The general election will have a huge influence on how we improve young lives. CYP Now has scrutinised the manifestos and other policy commitments to bring you the definitive guide to what the main parties pledge on the key issues for children, young people and their families.

Information sharing

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  • Tuesday, November 11, 2008
  • | CYP Now
While England will be launching a nationwide information-sharing system for most children's services in 2009, Ross Watson and Lauren Higgs look at different approaches across the UK to sharing sensitive information.

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