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DfE data shows funding shift from universal to targeted services

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Latest local authority spending figures suggest that early intervention is being sacrificed to fund statutory services as children's departments grapple with making a dwindling pot of money stretch further.

CYP Now investigation: Play services decimated as funding slashed

News

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly a third of local authorities in England have closed play facilities as a result of spending on play services over the past three years being slashed by 39 per cent, an investigation by CYP Now has revealed.

Labour considers witholding cash from schools if young people become Neet

News

Monday, March 3, 2014

| CYP Now

A proportion of schools' funding should be dependent on pupils' progress post-16, a group of experts has recommended to the Labour Party.

Ask the Experts: Help a child suffering from OCD

Other

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on coping with OCD, inducting a lead member, helping a child whose mother drinks and learning from weather.

Daily roundup: School place shortages, public sector pay and children's play

Other

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

| CYP Now

Fears over extent of school places, call for more public sector pay cuts and obstacles to children's play, all in the news today.

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

Other

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Rochdale appoints an interim head of children's social services, Ofsted is criticised over its new complaints framework, and a call for profit-making firms to take charge of the worst schools, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Truancy convictions, TV, and Birmingham cuts

Other

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

| CYP Now

A large rise in parental truancy convictions, cancer concerns for children who watch too much telly, and criticism over a cuts consultation in Birmingham, all in the news today.

Mutual benefits

Other

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Public sector employees are being encouraged to take control of the services they provide and run them as mutuals. Joe Lepper looks at the experiences of those pioneering the approach in children's services

£200m education funding cut threatens accountability, council leaders warn

News

Friday, July 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Government plans to cut school budgets by £200m will damage councils' ability to hold schools to account and help those that are struggling to improve, council leaders have warned.

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Other

Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Poorer parents struggle to feed their children during the summer holidays; Department for Education publishes child-friendly guide to the special educational needs reforms; and judge warns of "paedophile panic", all in the news today.

Ofsted blames poor classroom behaviour on 'casual' school leadership

News

Thursday, September 25, 2014

| CYP Now

An acceptance of poor behaviour in the classroom by school leaders is having a detrimental impact on pupils' outcomes, Ofsted has warned.

Ask the Experts: Support young people leaving care

Other

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on help with supported lodgings, youth centre bullying, improving residential units and teaching design.

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

News

Sunday, April 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and young people's charities face funding cuts of almost £405m over the five years up to 2015/16, the National Children's Bureau (NCB) has estimated.

Shared service savings must not be at children's expense

Opinion

Monday, October 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Management of children's services will increasingly be a shared undertaking between local authorities that are striving to make savings, if a survey of council decision-makers is anything to go by.

Local authorities told to hold schools to account

News

Thursday, April 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Government must clarify local authority powers to intervene with failing maintained schools and academies to ensure standards are sustained, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Ask The Experts: Helping a child with dyspraxia

Other

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on dyspraxia, sexually transmitted infections, countering radicalisation and a councillor speaking out of turn.

Behind the Inspection Rating: PRU profits from relationships

Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Encouraging an entrepreneurial spirit has earned Wycombe Grange pupil referral unit its third "outstanding" Ofsted rating.

Ask The Experts: Recognise young carers' needs

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on getting help for a young carer, school safeguarding, International Women's Day, and exploring light and shade.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

News

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Good Idea: College prepares young people for armed forces

Best Practice

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

A specialist training college aimed at helping young people get fit and ready for careers in the armed forces and public service sector has set up its first London base.

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DfE data shows funding shift from universal to targeted services

CYP Now investigation: Play services decimated as funding slashed

Labour considers witholding cash from schools if young people become Neet

Ask the Experts: Help a child suffering from OCD

Daily roundup: School place shortages, public sector pay and children's play

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

Daily roundup: Truancy convictions, TV, and Birmingham cuts

Mutual benefits

£200m education funding cut threatens accountability, council leaders warn

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Ofsted blames poor classroom behaviour on 'casual' school leadership

Ask the Experts: Support young people leaving care

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

Shared service savings must not be at children's expense

Local authorities told to hold schools to account

Ask The Experts: Helping a child with dyspraxia

Behind the Inspection Rating: PRU profits from relationships

Ask The Experts: Recognise young carers' needs

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Good Idea: College prepares young people for armed forces

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