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Daily roundup: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions
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- 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.
More cash to support SEN plans
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- Tuesday, February 16, 2016 | CYP Now
Extra funding alone will not improve the transfer of SEN children to integrated care plans, warn campaigners.
Daily roundup: Bedroom tax concession, sexual abuse and child trafficking
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- Tuesday, March 12, 2013 | CYP Now
Severely disabled children exempted from bedroom tax, Barnardo's to study girls who commit sexual abuse, and calls for the government to protect victims of trafficking, all in the news today.
One in four health and wellbeing boards sign disabled children's charter
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- Thursday, July 31, 2014 | CYP Now
Disability campaigners have urged health and wellbeing boards (HWBs) to sign up to a charter to improve services for disabled children after it emerged that just a quarter have done so more than a year after it was launched.
One in three areas fail children with special needs
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- Wednesday, October 18, 2017 | CYP Now
Councils and health organisations in around a third of areas are failing to effectively support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), analysis by Ofsted and health watchdog the Care Quality Commission has revealed.
Daily roundup: Mental health, education and inspections
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- Friday, May 16, 2014 | CYP Now
Self-esteem damaged by overuse of the internet; schools accused of extremism could be converted to academies; and Ofsted criticises Nottingham Safeguarding Children Board, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: 'Conflicts of interest' at the DfE; child poverty measurements, and safeguarding in Medway
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- Friday, February 15, 2013 | CYP Now
Fresh warnings over potential conflicts of interest at the Department for Education, experts criticise proposals for a new child poverty measure, and Ofsted rates Medway's child protection services 'inadequate', all in the news today.
Government unveils plans for 'streamlined' SEN needs assessments
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- Monday, October 7, 2013 | CYP Now
Long-term outcomes for children and young people with complex special educational needs (SEN) will be at the heart of a new needs assessment system, the government has announced.
Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs
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- Tuesday, April 8, 2014 | CYP Now
Birmingham City Council has been rebuked by the Local Government Ombudsman for failing to provide support to the mother of an autistic boy whose violent behaviour was deemed to be of "considerable risk" to others.
Daily roundup: Mental health, disabled students, and school places
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- Wednesday, June 25, 2014 | CYP Now
Head teachers raise concerns about anxiety among pupils; disabled students support funding at risk says charity; and rise in children not getting first school pick; all in the news today.
SEN legislation ‘built on quicksand'
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- Thursday, May 10, 2012 | CYP Now
Campaigners for disabled children have warned ministers that legislation aimed at simplifying processes for children with special educational needs (SEN) will falter because of widespread reductions in specialist support services.
ADCS vice president: School transport costs 'cannot be justified'
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- Wednesday, October 4, 2017 | CYP Now
Statutory requirements on council provision of home-to-school transport should be reviewed, with current spending of £1bn a year "unjustifiable" in light of ongoing cuts to early help services, the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.
Daily roundup: Disability payments, Youth Work Week and SEN support in Bromley
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- Tuesday, October 16, 2012 | CYP Now
Fears that the new disability payment system could hamper independent living for young people, MPs urged to spend time with local youth workers, and Bromley berated over delays in SEN support, all in the news today.
Councils 'need time' to deliver SEN reforms
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- Friday, September 5, 2014 | CYP Now
The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) has called for local authorities to be given time to fully implement the special education needs and disability (SEND) reforms.
Families and Children Bill to reform SEN and adoption systems
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- Wednesday, May 9, 2012 | CYP Now
The Queen has outlined the details of a new Families and Children Bill in her first speech to parliament since the coalition was formed in 2010.
Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications
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- 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.
Children Today
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- Thursday, February 17, 2011 | CYP Now
Funding to provide disabled children and young people with specialist equipment that will improve their quality of life