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Daily roundup: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions

Monday, November 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Plans to turn 400 primary schools into academies announced, concerns over "secret" database of children's details, and the number of special educational needs exclusions rises in Wales, all in the news roundup today.

Daily roundup: Public health, free schools, and a briefing for lead members on sexual exploitation

Other

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

| CYP Now

Birmingham council calls on government to properly fund public health, the National Union of Teachers blasts Michael Gove over free school expansion, and a briefing on child sexual exploitation for lead members of children's services, all in the news today.

Child poverty figure falls by 300,000

News

Thursday, June 14, 2012

| CYP Now

The number of children living in relative poverty fell by 300,000 last year meaning that 1.1 million children have been lifted out of poverty since 1999, latest statistics have revealed.

Charity highlights impact of repeated moves for children living in poverty

News

Monday, March 27, 2017

| CYP Now

The stress and uncertainty of repeatedly packing up their lives and moving home is becoming a "worryingly normal" part of life for some children growing up in poverty, a charity has warned.

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

News

Friday, February 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Safeguards to protect children from "intrusive and stressful" bailiffs are to be introduced by the government.

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

News

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's charities have criticised the government for failing to prioritise the needs of children in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

Other

Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Anne Longfield outlines her plans to shape the policy agenda in five key areas including children's use of the internet, tackling child abuse, overcoming inequalities, looked-after children and better cross-government working.

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the UK government's response to the refugee crisis and foster care provision for refugee children.

General election 2019: Welfare and care

Other

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Funding Watch: Holiday Grants for Children

Other

Monday, March 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Critics slam poverty strategy for breach of law

Other

Friday, April 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Campaigners are threatening to take legal action after claims that the government's child poverty strategy has breached the law and lacks significant targets.

Inflation hits poorer families hardest

News

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Poor families are being hit harder by inflation, a study has found.

Frank Field tells government to step in to stop Sure Start cuts

News

Monday, February 7, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's poverty tsar Frank Field has urged the government to take immediate action to stop the closure of hundreds of Sure Start children's centres.

Child maintenance reforms will 'penalise single parents'

News

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposals to reform the child maintenance system will leave many lone parents worse off, causing children's welfare to suffer, research suggests.

Let practitioners solve today's challenges

Opinion

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

| CYP Now

In 1939, George Orwell wrote: "We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men." Orwell was reflecting on the nature of power at the end of a decade that had witnessed widespread human misery.

Daily roundup: Judge criticises social workers, female offenders, and home tuition

Other

Friday, October 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers told to obey court orders, women prisoners to be kept closer to families, and funding cut for tuition of looked-after children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

Other

Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Research says children in foster care are being "denied a proper childhood", concerns over the government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms, and the rising cost of sending children to school, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Parental leave, free school breakfasts and North Yorkshire children's services

Other

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Shared parental leave to be introduced, free breakfast trial for Blackpool children and Ofsted visits North Yorkshire council, all in the news today.

Funding Watch: Fulfilling Lives - A Better Start

Other

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Daily roundup: Online safety, child health, and housing benefit

Other

Thursday, April 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Psychiatrists to get training on promoting media mental wellbeing; plain cigarette packaging plans welcomed by clinicians; and Lib Dem president wants to drop support for housing benefit changes, all in the news today.

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Daily roundup: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions

Daily roundup: Public health, free schools, and a briefing for lead members on sexual exploitation

Child poverty figure falls by 300,000

Charity highlights impact of repeated moves for children living in poverty

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

General election 2019: Welfare and care

Funding Watch: Holiday Grants for Children

Critics slam poverty strategy for breach of law

Inflation hits poorer families hardest

Frank Field tells government to step in to stop Sure Start cuts

Child maintenance reforms will 'penalise single parents'

Let practitioners solve today's challenges

Daily roundup: Judge criticises social workers, female offenders, and home tuition

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

Daily roundup: Parental leave, free school breakfasts and North Yorkshire children's services

Funding Watch: Fulfilling Lives - A Better Start

Daily roundup: Online safety, child health, and housing benefit

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