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School role in tackling poverty eating into lesson time, teachers warn

Monday, June 17, 2024

| CYP Now

Supporting children who are hungry, tired and emotionally struggling due to hardship at home is eating away at time in the classroom, primary school teachers have said.

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

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Friday, June 14, 2024

| CYP Now

The three main parties have published policy pledges in a bid to win the general election on 4 July.

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Reducing child poverty, investing in school-based careers and mental health support for young people and giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote are among the Labour Party’s pledges in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

Entrepreneur to lead commission on children's access to play

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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

| CYP Now

An independent commission has been launched to investigate the state of children’s play in the UK and put forward recommendations for the next government on how to improve facilities and access to provision.

Conservative Party manifesto: restrictions on children's social media access among raft of pledges

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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Creating more residential care places, restricting children’s access to social media and boosting post-16 vocational training opportunities are some of the key policies affecting children and young people in the Conservative Party’s general election manifesto.

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

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Monday, June 10, 2024

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have pledged a series of policies to narrow the attainment gap for disadvantaged children and boost educational opportunities for young people in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

Most teachers providing food and clothing for disadvantaged children, research warns

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

| CYP Now

More than three-quarters of primary school teachers are spending their own money on basic food and clothing for their pupils, new research warns.

‘Enjoyment is fundamental’: Campaigner’s vision to make PE inclusive for girls

Features

Monday, June 3, 2024

| CYP Now

"Amplifying the voices of girls" is key to removing barriers towards their enjoyment of PE, head of campaigns at Studio You Kate Peers tells CYP Now.

Lib Dems pledge tech tax to fund mental health professionals in schools

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Thursday, May 30, 2024

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats would increase taxes on social media and tech giants to fund mental health professionals in every school if elected, the party has said.

How early intervention supports children’s language development

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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Early support for the one in five children in England who struggle with talking and understanding words is more crucial than ever, with growing gaps in early development.

Four in 10 teachers warn children are 'too hungry' to learn

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

More than a third of teachers have said pupils in their classes are too hungry to learn, jumping to 63% in deprived areas, a new survey has found.

Drawing and Talking Therapy chief Catherine Beagley on using creativity to support young people with SEND

Features

Thursday, May 16, 2024

| CYP Now

“The mental health gap will widen if we don’t address the power of AI”, chief executive of Drawing and Talking Therapy, Catherine Beagley, tells CYP Now.

DfE proposes ban on teaching sex education to young children

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Thursday, May 16, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has announced plans to ban sex education for school pupils in year four and below.

Girls twice as likely to opt out of PE lessons than boys, research finds

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

| CYP Now

Twice as many girls than boys say they would choose to never take part in a PE lesson again if given the option, new research finds.

Longfield think-tank calls for expansion of school mental health support teams

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Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Former children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for an expansion of mental health support offered in schools as data shows 1.4mn children in England now have a probable mental health condition.

Report slams ‘significant lack’ of government action to tackle root cause of school absences

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Mental health experts have criticised a lack of action by the government to tackle underlying issues behind persistent school absences such as poor emotional wellbeing and poverty.

Budgets to support visually impaired children slashed by councils

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

| CYP Now

More than half of local authorities have cut or frozen the number of specialist teachers they employ to support children with visual impairments, according to new research.

'Unexplained transfers' impacting one in five pupils with emotional health needs

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| CYP Now

Vulnerable pupils, including those with mental health problems, are at an increased risk of experiencing "an unexplained transfer" from their school, research has found.

Charity highlights importance of specialist roles to support neurodiverse children

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Friday, March 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Safer London has said its expert caseworker roles to support neurodiverse children are vital at a time where there’s a “lack of money for services”.

Support schools and nurseries to tackle poverty, Longfield’s think-tank urges ministers

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Programmes within schools and nurseries should be at the forefront of a government plan to tackle childhood poverty, a think-tank led by the former Children’s Commissioner for England has told ministers.

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School role in tackling poverty eating into lesson time, teachers warn

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

Entrepreneur to lead commission on children's access to play

Conservative Party manifesto: restrictions on children's social media access among raft of pledges

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

Most teachers providing food and clothing for disadvantaged children, research warns

‘Enjoyment is fundamental’: Campaigner’s vision to make PE inclusive for girls

Lib Dems pledge tech tax to fund mental health professionals in schools

How early intervention supports children’s language development

Four in 10 teachers warn children are 'too hungry' to learn

Drawing and Talking Therapy chief Catherine Beagley on using creativity to support young people with SEND

DfE proposes ban on teaching sex education to young children

Girls twice as likely to opt out of PE lessons than boys, research finds

Longfield think-tank calls for expansion of school mental health support teams

Report slams ‘significant lack’ of government action to tackle root cause of school absences

Budgets to support visually impaired children slashed by councils

'Unexplained transfers' impacting one in five pupils with emotional health needs

Charity highlights importance of specialist roles to support neurodiverse children

Support schools and nurseries to tackle poverty, Longfield’s think-tank urges ministers

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