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Prioritise retention of children’s social workers

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, April 27, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Latest Department for Education workforce figures show the number of vacant social worker posts across children’s services departments in England rose by seven per cent in 2021 to a five-year high – accounting for one in six positions.

University access key to success of levelling up

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 1, 2022
  • | CYP Now
It is a decade since university tuition fees were raised from £3,000 to £9,000 per year. It was feared the rise would deter disadvantaged young people from going to university, yet latest figures from Ucas shows record numbers of 18-year-olds from poorer areas applied this year.

Today’s big challenges need collective efforts

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, December 22, 2021
  • | CYP Now
We start 2022 with a feeling of déjà vu. The emergence of the Omicron variant has derailed the fragile recovery from the pandemic and once again raised the possibility of children’s education being disrupted by school closures and Covid isolation.

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