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Calls for apprenticeship reforms as starter numbers drop

Monday, June 21, 2021

| CYP Now

The apprenticeship system in England requires urgent reform to ensure disadvantaged young people do not suffer a double educational blow, a report has found.

Pupil Premium not reaching 100,000 disadvantaged children, researchers find

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Friday, June 18, 2021

| CYP Now

More than 100,000 children who registered for free school meals between October and January are missing out on the Pupil Premium, researchers have revealed.

Children moved from Rainsbrook STC amid safety concerns

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Thursday, June 17, 2021

| CYP Now

All children have been removed from the privately run Rainsbrook secure training centre (STC) over “serious ongoing concerns about safety and performance”, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced.

Government ‘knowingly underfunded free childcare’, EYA investigation reveals

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

| CYP Now

Funding rates paid to local authorities for so-called “free” childcare placements amount to two-thirds of what civil servants estimated would be needed to fully fund the scheme, new data has revealed.

Paediatric long covid hubs to be set up

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

| CYP Now

The NHS has announced it will set up a raft of paediatric hubs for children and young people suffering from long Covid.

Marcus Rashford urges families to use £220m school holiday programme

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

| CYP Now

England striker and food poverty campaigner Marcus Rashford is fronting a campaign to encourage parents to sign up for the government’s £220m holiday activities and food programme.

Existing weaknesses in SEND system ‘exacerbated by pandemic’, Ofsted warns

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

| CYP Now

Long standing problems in support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) “have been made even worse” by the Covid-19 crisis, Ofsted has said.

Open family court cases increase by a quarter, Cafcass figures show

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

| CYP Now

Active family court cases have increased by more than 25 per cent compared with May last year, latest figures show.

#Chances4Children: Free conference to challenge digital divide among young people

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Monday, June 14, 2021

| CYP Now

A London youth centre is set to host a free conference for youth workers aimed at exploring the best ways to support digitally excluded young people.

#Chances4Children: Youth charity teams up with Red Arrows for confidence-boosting scheme

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Friday, June 11, 2021

| CYP Now

A youth work charity has teamed up with the Red Arrows to produce free confidence-building resources for youth leaders and schools.

Key issues raised by MPs over children’s Covid-19 recovery

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Thursday, June 10, 2021

| CYP Now

MPs have voted for a Labour Party motion criticising the government’s plans to help children and young people recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

DWP launches 110 youth employment hubs

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Thursday, June 10, 2021

| CYP Now

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched 110 youth hubs to support young people in finding employment.

Pupil premium extended to children with 'no recourse to public funds'

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

| CYP Now

The pupil premium will now be extended to children with "no recourse to public funds" (NRPF) following a threat of legal action.

Education recovery funding worth ‘little more’ than Eat Out to Help Out scheme, analysis finds

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

| CYP Now

Education recovery funding over the next academic year is worth "little more" than government funding handed to the hospitality sector during last summer’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme, according to latest analysis.

Cross-sector partnership championing youth work to be set up

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

| CYP Now

UK Youth is looking to create a cross-sector strategy across youth support services by 2025 to champion and improve the delivery of youth work.

Thousands back call for independent review of childcare funding

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Monday, June 7, 2021

| CYP Now

Tens of thousands of people have backed calls for an independent review of childcare funding in England.

Campaign to prioritise disabled children as Pfizer vaccine approved for use in 12- to 15-year-olds

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Friday, June 4, 2021

| CYP Now

The Pfizer-Biontech Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use for 12- to 15-year-olds sparking calls to prioritise diasbled children if it is rolled-out.

Education recovery tsar quits over ‘half-hearted’ catch-up plan

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Thursday, June 3, 2021

| CYP Now

Education recovery commissioner Kevan Collins has resigned over the government’s £1.4bn funding for school catch-up programmes.

Government’s £1.4bn education catch-up package branded 'inadequate'

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

| CYP Now

The government’s own education recovery tsar is among critics of the Department for Education’s new £1.4bn catch-up plan.

#Chances4Children: Free online academy boosts young people's employment prospects

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

| CYP Now

A new initiative is helping to support young people left out of work due to the Covid-19 pandemic access training materials from top graduate schemes.

School day ‘could be extended by 30 minutes’ as part of leaked Covid-19 catch-up plan, reports suggest

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

| CYP Now

The school day could be extended by up to half an hour and five million children could benefit from extra tutoring as part of leaked proposals for a £15bn education catch-up plan, according to reports.

Covid recovery – John Lyon's Charity

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

| CYP Now

While the immediate impact of Covid-19 on charities' finances has been all too clear, with Pro Bono Economics predicting the pandemic would cost charities £6.4bn in lost income in 2020, the long-term effects on the sector are still largely unknown.

Disadvantaged children lose out on £118m due to pupil premium changes, LGA reveals

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Friday, May 21, 2021

| CYP Now

A total of £118m for disadvantaged pupils could be lost from school budgets in England this year due to a government change in how pupil premium funding is calculated, a survey of local authorities has revealed.

Full YOI inspections resume

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Friday, May 21, 2021

| CYP Now

HM Inspectorate of Prisons has resumed full inspections of young offender institutes following a 14-month suspension, the chief inspector of prisons has said.

Extend Kickstart and Universal Credit uplift to support young people, MPs urge

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Thursday, May 20, 2021

| CYP Now

Initiatives including the Kickstart Jobs scheme and the £20 Universal Credit uplift must be extended to support young people “disproportionately” affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, a cross-party group of MPs has found.

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Calls for apprenticeship reforms as starter numbers drop

Pupil Premium not reaching 100,000 disadvantaged children, researchers find

Children moved from Rainsbrook STC amid safety concerns

Government ‘knowingly underfunded free childcare’, EYA investigation reveals

Paediatric long covid hubs to be set up

Marcus Rashford urges families to use £220m school holiday programme

Existing weaknesses in SEND system ‘exacerbated by pandemic’, Ofsted warns

Open family court cases increase by a quarter, Cafcass figures show

#Chances4Children: Free conference to challenge digital divide among young people

#Chances4Children: Youth charity teams up with Red Arrows for confidence-boosting scheme

Key issues raised by MPs over children’s Covid-19 recovery

DWP launches 110 youth employment hubs

Pupil premium extended to children with 'no recourse to public funds'

Education recovery funding worth ‘little more’ than Eat Out to Help Out scheme, analysis finds

Cross-sector partnership championing youth work to be set up

Thousands back call for independent review of childcare funding

Campaign to prioritise disabled children as Pfizer vaccine approved for use in 12- to 15-year-olds

Education recovery tsar quits over ‘half-hearted’ catch-up plan

Government’s £1.4bn education catch-up package branded 'inadequate'

#Chances4Children: Free online academy boosts young people's employment prospects

School day ‘could be extended by 30 minutes’ as part of leaked Covid-19 catch-up plan, reports suggest

Covid recovery – John Lyon's Charity

Disadvantaged children lose out on £118m due to pupil premium changes, LGA reveals

Full YOI inspections resume

Extend Kickstart and Universal Credit uplift to support young people, MPs urge

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