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Slough children's services to become independent trust

    News
  • Wednesday, October 8, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

In Focus: Family support

    Other
  • Tuesday, February 17, 2015
  • | CYP Now
All the research shows that it is never too early to transform a child's life chances. The school readiness gap between disadvantaged children and their peers can be as wide as 19 months on their first day of school and once children have fallen behind, their chances of catching up are slim.

Legal Update: Scrutiny of private fostering

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  • Tuesday, January 19, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines changes to data collection on private fostering arrangements and what further work is needed to safeguard children and young people.