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Forced academisation plans risk our schools' impetus to improve

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

One of the more effective school improvement strategies of the last five years has been the threat of forced academisation.

Schools need proper scrutiny to guard against malpractice

Other

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

One of the problems of democracy is that leaders have views on many issues, and citizens don't always agree with all of the policies of "their" party or their government. So, I find myself supporting the principle of the new national funding formula for schools while deeply opposing the academisation programme.

Academy evangelist: Clive Webster, Kent Catholic Schools Partnership chief executive

Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Clive Webster, chief executive of the Kent Catholic Schools Partnership.

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

Other

Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.

Labour conference: Councils should get academy intervention powers, says Powell

News

Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities would be given greater powers to improve school standards under a Labour government, the party's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell has said.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

LGA: Give councils greater school intervention powers

News

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils should be given greater authority to intervene swiftly in all schools where there are concerns over poor performance and slipping standards, local government leaders have said.

Ofsted slams standard of Stoke schools

News

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

| CYP Now

Stoke-on-Trent Council has been criticised by Ofsted for failing to improve standards in the city's schools.

Charity slams academy exclusion practices

News

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Academies have been criticised for having an "alarmingly higher" rate of pupil exclusions than state schools and for failing to reinstate pupils on appeal.

Morgan rules out more school commissioners

News

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has ruled out increasing the number of regional schools commissioners, even if their role significantly increases in the future as the Conservatives envisage.

IPPR calls for creation of local school commissioners to prevent more 'cracks in the system'

News

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Local commissioners should be introduced to oversee new school places, hold academies to account and coordinate area-wide education improvement work, a think-tank has said.

Daily roundup: Shoesmith compensation, council spending, and school standards

Other

Thursday, July 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Details emerge of Sharon Shoesmith compensation deal; Somerset criticised for amount spent on children's services leaders; and academies best for supporting disadvantaged pupils, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: School population, child obesity, and extremism

News

Friday, July 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Numbers of pupils to top eight million by 2023; London mayor launches drive to tackle child obesity; and school extremism report leaked, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Mental health, children in Birmingham, and Savile

Other

Monday, June 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Doctors sending children long distances to get mental health treatment; independent review to investigate life for children in Birmingham; and Savile victim numbers grow to more than 500 research shows, all in the news today.