Search Results

Found 116 results for .

Daily roundup: Mental health, FGM clinic and class sizes

    Other
  • Monday, August 18, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Conservative MP calls for government to end practice of children and young people with mental health needs being held in police cells; plans unveiled for first specialist FGM clinic; and figures reveal true size of primary school classes, all in the news today.

Free childcare scheme needs more investment

    Other
  • Monday, June 23, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The government's free childcare offer for disadvantaged two-year-olds is both laudable and much needed. But that alone will not guarantee its success. Concerns about implementation of the initiative - which is meant to provide 15 hours of free childcare per week for the 130,000 most disadvantaged two-year-olds - have been around for some time. In the spring, the government's own figures showed a quarter of the expected number of places had yet to be created.

Current filters