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Expanded childcare offer underfunded by £5bn, researchers warn

Monday, February 26, 2024

| CYP Now

The gap between the government’s £4.3 billion investment in the expansion of funded childcare and the cost of delivering the hours for providers could lead to a £5 billion shortfall, a think tank has warned.

Experts urge ministers to produce emotional health guidance for schools

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Friday, February 23, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education should produce guidance for schools on the implementation of good emotional health for children, a new report has urged.

Punk exhibition inspires youth work students' practice

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Friday, February 23, 2024

| CYP Now

Youth work students from the University of Sunderland are using a North East punk exhibition about 1980s youth culture to improve their own practice and learn how the sector has evolved over the decades.

Council to review special guardianship payments after ombudsman highlights error

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Devon County Council has agreed to review how it calculated allowances given to nearly 300 families who look after children as special guardians, following an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO).

Renew funding for tutoring programme to tackle attainment gap, ministers told

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

| CYP Now

A 50 per cent reduction in funding for the government’s national tutoring programme (NTP) could widen the attainment gap between students from disadvantaged families and their peers, the Sutton Trust has warned.

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse 'must be properly funded'

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The Home Secretary's plans to push through a law requiring professionals working with young people to report child sexual abuse must be "properly funded and resourced" before being implemented, sector leaders have said.

Sector split over guidance on mobile phone ban in schools

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

| CYP Now

Some sector leaders have commended the publication of new government guidance on the use of mobile phones in schools over its focus on tackling behavioural issues but concerns have been raised by others about a failure to tackle deeper problems in education.

Documentary series to offer ‘unseen’ glimpse of life in children’s homes

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The Children’s Homes Association (CHA) has released the trailer for its series of short documentary films in a bid to “reset the narrative” around residential care for children.

First recipients of DCMS enrichment partnership announced

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The first group of organisations to benefit from a £2.7 million pilot to deliver enrichment activities for young people has been announced.

Children's commissioner meets deaf children to learn about therapy outcomes

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The children's commissioner for England has met with deaf children to discuss how specialist speech and language therapy is improving their outcomes.

Children’s services leaders call for cross-government childhood strategy

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

| CYP Now

A long-term strategy for childhood overseen by a government Department for Children is needed to mitigate the impact of political uncertainty and underfunding for children and family services, sector leaders have said.

Sharp rise in early years job vacancies revealed ahead of planned childcare expansion

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of job adverts for early years education and childcare practitioners listed in January this year was 146 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels, new research has shown.

Care experience celebrated as 80 councils pass protected characteristic motion

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Friday, February 16, 2024

| CYP Now

Cambridge City Council has become the 80th council to recognise care experience as a protected characteristic as care-experienced young people across the world were celebrated on Care Day 2024.

Housing association under fire over ‘no care leavers’ advert

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Friday, February 16, 2024

| CYP Now

One of England’s largest affordable housing and care providers in England has apologised after publishing a property advert which banned care leavers from applying.

Conditions at YOI getting worse, report warns

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Friday, February 16, 2024

| CYP Now

The “inhumane treatment” of boys at Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution (YOI) has “got worse” over the last year, the setting’s independent monitoring board (IMB) has warned.

Mermaids' chief brands Prime Minister's trans comments 'unacceptable'

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Friday, February 16, 2024

| CYP Now

The new chief executive of charity Mermaids has branded comments made by the Prime Minister in parliament about transgender people as "unacceptable".

Call to reinstate funding to support children bereaved by alcoholism

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Campaigners and MPs are urging the government to reinstate funding for services to support children of alcoholics amid an increase in the number of parental deaths linked to alcohol addiction.

Sexual abuse focused child protection plans fall despite increasing cases

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of plans put in place by councils to protect children from sexual abuse has dropped despite the number of recorded cases increasing, analysis has found.

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller girls being 'disproportionately' excluded by schools

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Girls from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are three times as likely to be excluded from school than white girls, figures show.

Support for youth offending teams could model good practice for adult services, report finds

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Support offered to staff in youth offending teams could be used as a model of effective practice for adult probation services, according to the criminal justice inspectorate.

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Expanded childcare offer underfunded by £5bn, researchers warn

Experts urge ministers to produce emotional health guidance for schools

Punk exhibition inspires youth work students' practice

Council to review special guardianship payments after ombudsman highlights error

Renew funding for tutoring programme to tackle attainment gap, ministers told

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse 'must be properly funded'

Sector split over guidance on mobile phone ban in schools

Documentary series to offer ‘unseen’ glimpse of life in children’s homes

First recipients of DCMS enrichment partnership announced

Children's commissioner meets deaf children to learn about therapy outcomes

Children’s services leaders call for cross-government childhood strategy

Sharp rise in early years job vacancies revealed ahead of planned childcare expansion

Care experience celebrated as 80 councils pass protected characteristic motion

Housing association under fire over ‘no care leavers’ advert

Conditions at YOI getting worse, report warns

Mermaids' chief brands Prime Minister's trans comments 'unacceptable'

Call to reinstate funding to support children bereaved by alcoholism

Sexual abuse focused child protection plans fall despite increasing cases

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller girls being 'disproportionately' excluded by schools

Support for youth offending teams could model good practice for adult services, report finds

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