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Report slams ‘significant lack’ of government action to tackle root cause of school absences

Thursday, April 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Mental health experts have criticised a lack of action by the government to tackle underlying issues behind persistent school absences such as poor emotional wellbeing and poverty.

DfE launches new advisory group on children’s social care ‘profiteering’

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

| CYP Now

The former director of children’s services for Hampshire and Isle of Wight councils will lead a Department for Education advisory group on the profiteering of private companies from children’s social care.

Government rejects MPs’ calls to end one-word Ofsted judgments

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

| CYP Now

The government has rejected a call from MPs to axe single word overall judgments in Ofsted inspection reports.

Frank Field: Children’s campaigners pay tribute to 'inspirational' peer

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Tributes have been paid by children’s campaigners to former Labour Party minister Frank Field after his death aged 81.

Girlguiding launches plan to reduce environmental anxieties among children

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Girlguiding has launched a new environmental strategy designed to reduce environment-based anxieties facing children.

Disadvantaged children set to miss out on early years expansion, NAO warns

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

The National Audit Office (NAO) has raised concerns that the government’s extension of early years entitlement for working families will widen the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers.

Adoption England pledges to boost diversity among adopters

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Adoption England has launched its three-year strategy to "modernise adoption services" in England, setting a goal to recruit adopters from diverse communities to support more children’s needs.

Sadiq Khan reveals plans for youth investment ahead of mayoral election

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Sadiq Khan has pledged to provide 250,000 more positive opportunities for young Londoners in youth clubs, including mentoring and youth worker investment, in the lead up to next month's mayoral election.

Hundreds of young people to reveal lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry will hear from hundreds of young people about the lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic to form legal evidence for future recommendations.

Working migrant families locked out of funded childcare expansion, campaigners warn

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Tens of thousands of working migrant families are missing out on government funded childcare, human rights campaigners have warned.

DfE to repurpose unused school spaces for childcare

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has revealed plans to pilot the use of surplus school spaces to offer childcare provision as part of its expansion of funded hours.

Childcare leaders question DfE claims of successful rollout of expanded entitlement

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Friday, April 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Early years bodies have questioned government assertions that the rollout of the funded childcare expansion is going to plan and claim that latest data fails to show a complete picture of the reality on the ground.

Three in four primary schools cutting TA numbers despite SEND demand rising

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Friday, April 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Three quarters of primary school headteachers are cutting teaching assistant (TAs) numbers, a survey has found.

Programme launches to distribute £3.6mn to support care leavers

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

| CYP Now

A programme that will see £3.6 million handed to care leavers initiatives across England has been launched.

Children with SEND disproportionately excluded from primary school, research finds

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

| CYP Now

Almost all primary school aged children who experience exclusions have a special educational need or disability (SEND), research has found.

Free Loaves on Fridays: Anthology of 100 care experienced voices published

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

| CYP Now

A new anthology containing the voices of 100 children and adults about their experience in care is now available in bookshops.

North of England councils face ‘£25bn children in care burden’, claims report

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| CYP Now

Councils in the North of England are paying an extra £25bn to place children in care compared with local authorities in the South, a report is claiming.

MPs back plans to tackle youth vaping

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| CYP Now

MPs have backed major plans to tackle youth vaping and smoking including a ban on the marketing of vaping products aimed at children.

Youth work improvement initiative to tackle 'fragmentation' of services

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| CYP Now

An initiative is launching that aims to gather the views of a cross-sector group of 10,000 professionals to find ways to improve support for young people.

Councils face £300mn shortfall in youth homelessness funding

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| CYP Now

English local authorities are facing an annual shortfall of £332 million in youth homelessness funding, economists have warned.

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Report slams ‘significant lack’ of government action to tackle root cause of school absences

DfE launches new advisory group on children’s social care ‘profiteering’

Government rejects MPs’ calls to end one-word Ofsted judgments

Frank Field: Children’s campaigners pay tribute to 'inspirational' peer

Girlguiding launches plan to reduce environmental anxieties among children

Disadvantaged children set to miss out on early years expansion, NAO warns

Adoption England pledges to boost diversity among adopters

Sadiq Khan reveals plans for youth investment ahead of mayoral election

Hundreds of young people to reveal lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic

Working migrant families locked out of funded childcare expansion, campaigners warn

DfE to repurpose unused school spaces for childcare

Childcare leaders question DfE claims of successful rollout of expanded entitlement

Three in four primary schools cutting TA numbers despite SEND demand rising

Programme launches to distribute £3.6mn to support care leavers

Children with SEND disproportionately excluded from primary school, research finds

Free Loaves on Fridays: Anthology of 100 care experienced voices published

North of England councils face ‘£25bn children in care burden’, claims report

MPs back plans to tackle youth vaping

Youth work improvement initiative to tackle 'fragmentation' of services

Councils face £300mn shortfall in youth homelessness funding

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