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Daily roundup: Pupil behaviour, children's homes and nursery inspections

Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Assaults by pupils on primary school teachers on the rise; new risk assessment guidance for children's homes published; and quarter of early years settings not inspected in last four years, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: FGM arrest, Walsall Council, and children's centres

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Monday, July 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Two people arrested in suspected FGM case; government lifts improvement notice on Walsall children's services department; and plans announced to reorganise children's centres in Bradford, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Smoking rates, abuse investigation, and social workers

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Friday, July 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Number of children trying smoking falls; claims of child abuse 'cover-up' in Lambeth; and August is the best month to recruit social workers, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: School admissions code, extremism, and jobseeker's allowance

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Attempts to help disadvantaged children get into best schools; report on 'Trojan Horse' plot published; and review backs jobseeker's allowance sanction system, all in the news today.

Ask the Experts: Supporting LGBT young people

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on provision for young gay people, dangerous internet crazes, workforce motivation and SEN reforms.

New Education Secretary Nicky Morgan faces test to emerge from Gove's shadow

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

With nine months until the general election, children's leaders are sceptical that Nicky Morgan will have the time or experience to deviate from the agenda already mapped out by Michael Gove at the Department for Education.

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Haringey told to improve children's social care, major early intervention guide launched, and Nicky Morgan pledges to continue tough stance on term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Free school meals, bedroom tax, and early education

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Clegg admits some schools may struggle to meet free meals deadline; Labour set to call fresh vote on the bedroom tax; and think-tank wants better measure of how to narrow attainment gap, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Violent crime, child health, and school absence

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Thousands of children avoid prosecution for violent crimes; smoking in cars with children to be banned in Wales; and London parents most likely to lie over term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Nicky Morgan replaces Michael Gove as Education Secretary

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Nicky Morgan has replaced Michael Gove as Education Secretary as part of a surprisingly sweeping Cabinet reshuffle that has seen a number of children's sector ministerial posts change hands.

Daily roundup: Child abuse, mental health beds and legal aid risk

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Friday, July 11, 2014

| CYP Now

PM's child abuse adviser warns of 1980s "chumocracy"; NHS England plans extra mental health beds for children and young people; and the Children's Society criticises government legal aid bid, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care applications, school holidays and social care

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Data reveals increase in care applications; police chief urges leniency for school term-time leave requests from officers; and president of children's services directors criticised for social worker comments, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Council powers, child abuse and free schools

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Monday, July 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Labour leader pledges new responsibilities for councils; former pro-paedophile campaign chief claims he kept material at the Home Office; and Education Secretary promises new free schools, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child protection, payday loans, and young offenders

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| CYP Now

NSPCC chief criticises Rolf Harris after entertainer's conviction; call to ban payday loan adverts from children's TV; and new cell restrictions planned for young offenders, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years bursary scheme funds a handful of applicants; gifted poor children less likely than affluent peers to attend top universities; and Bournemouth children's services requires improvement says Ofsted, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Homelessness, safeguarding, and looked-after children.

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Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Increasing number of young people reported sleeping rough; new chair of safeguarding board appointed in Sandwell; and NICE publishes best practice briefing on looked-after children, all in the news today.

Free childcare scheme needs more investment

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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.

Ask the Experts: Spur on staff to meet SEN reforms

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Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on SEN and disability reforms, nursery transition, tackling sexual exploitation and examining gender roles.

Daily roundup: School hours, family courts, and e-cigarettes

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Thursday, June 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Education minister wants extended school opening times; proposals for family courts to be opened to public; and warning over e-cigarette use among children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Vocational training, health and parenting

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

New practical qualifications for school children introduced next year; huge rise in Crohn's disease hospital admissions of young people; and parents warned not to give children alcohol at end of exams, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Troubled families, physical education and Labour policy

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Monday, June 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Troubled Families programme not delivering lasting change data shows; Wilshaw to issue warning to councils on physical education; and Labour urged to drop protection for health and education budgets, all in the news today.

Ask the Experts: Explore politics with young people

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Monday, June 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on political education, securing permanent staff, nursery literacy and coping with an increased workload.

Daily roundup: Safe houses, antisocial behaviour, and criminal records

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Report calls for "safe houses" for young Londoners fleeing violence, children's home closed following antisocial behaviour reports, and youth charities encouraged to employ staff with criminal records, all in the news today.

Ask the Experts: Encourage youth participation

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Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on young people on interview panels, difficult conversations with parents, summer trips and dealing with bad press.

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

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Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority chief executives' group says the requirement for a director of children's services is stifling innovation in children's services and isolating it from the rest of local government - arguments that don't stack up, say leaders.

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Daily roundup: Pupil behaviour, children's homes and nursery inspections

Daily roundup: FGM arrest, Walsall Council, and children's centres

Daily roundup: Smoking rates, abuse investigation, and social workers

Daily roundup: School admissions code, extremism, and jobseeker's allowance

Ask the Experts: Supporting LGBT young people

New Education Secretary Nicky Morgan faces test to emerge from Gove's shadow

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Daily roundup: Free school meals, bedroom tax, and early education

Daily roundup: Violent crime, child health, and school absence

Nicky Morgan replaces Michael Gove as Education Secretary

Daily roundup: Child abuse, mental health beds and legal aid risk

Daily roundup: Care applications, school holidays and social care

Daily roundup: Council powers, child abuse and free schools

Daily roundup: Child protection, payday loans, and young offenders

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

Daily roundup: Homelessness, safeguarding, and looked-after children.

Free childcare scheme needs more investment

Ask the Experts: Spur on staff to meet SEN reforms

Daily roundup: School hours, family courts, and e-cigarettes

Daily roundup: Vocational training, health and parenting

Daily roundup: Troubled families, physical education and Labour policy

Ask the Experts: Explore politics with young people

Daily roundup: Safe houses, antisocial behaviour, and criminal records

Ask the Experts: Encourage youth participation

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

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