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Funding Watch: Learning Outdoors Fund

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

The Learning Outdoors Fund is designed to help nurseries, primary schools and secondary schools in central Scotland to promote learning, outdoor play and healthier lifestyles.

CYP Now Awards 2011 shortlist published

News

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

| CYP Now

Entries for the 2011 Children & Young People Now Awards have been whittled down to create a shortlist in each of the 20 categories.

Wokingham reinstates dedicated DCS post

News

Friday, March 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Wokingham Borough Council has been forced to backtrack on a senior management overhaul that saw its director of children's services also serve as interim chief executive.

The 2014 Report

Other

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Sector leaders look at the year ahead for children and young people.

Councils aim to share burden of reform

Other

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

A Children's Improvement Board scheme is allowing councils to learn from each other's experiences

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

News

Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

Daily roundup: Social mobility, hospital admissions, and personal budgets

Other

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

| CYP Now

UK schools falter in fairness league tables, study finds more children were admitted to hospital in 2010 than a decade ago, and guidance on using personal budgets, all in the news today.

School admissions guidance clarifies councils' duties on summer-born children

News

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has updated guidance on school admissions for summer-born children to ensure parents have a greater say on when their child enters reception class.

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Other

Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Haringey told to improve children's social care, major early intervention guide launched, and Nicky Morgan pledges to continue tough stance on term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Research Report: Spending it Wisely - How Can Schools Use Their Resources to Help Poorer Pupils?

Other

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

This study, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, used data from the National Pupil Database to investigate which children in schools benefit most from having money spent on them and which groups of children benefit from different types of spending.

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.

Former Ofsted social care chief appointed DCS at Tower Hamlets

News

Thursday, July 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's former national director for social care Debbie Jones has been appointed as interim director of children's services (DCS) at Tower Hamlets Council.

Children's leaders gather to tackle major issues at ADCS conference

Other

Monday, July 20, 2015

| CYP Now

The Association of Directors of Children's Services annual conference heard about government plans for adoption reforms, improvements to children's mental health services, social work training and funding challenges.

Specialists key to childcare offer

Other

Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Educational psychology services are vital to ensure the free childcare expansion succeeds, says Kate Fallon.

Ask the Experts: Get the best from governing bodies

Best Practice

Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on school governing bodies, new youth club members, nursery transitions and learning from job interviews.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

Hampshire DCS set to take on chief executive role

News

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Hampshire's director of children's services John Coughlan is set to be appointed as the council's chief executive next week.

Care still a barrier to university

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

With a drop in the number of care leavers going to university, new initiatives aim to raise academic aspirations.

Children's services chief sacked after just four months in job

News

Friday, November 6, 2015

| CYP Now

A director of children's services has been sacked after being in post for just four months, it has emerged.

Look outside the 20th century for answers to the school places crisis

Other

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

I have no idea why large secondary schools are considered controversial. Last month, they were all over the press, with headlines warning of a "growing crisis" over a shortage of secondary school places that could lead to the creation of so-called "titan" schools.

Impact of living in care needs careful attention

Other

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

How I Got Here: Sue-Ellen Lamb

Best Practice

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Sue-Ellen Lamb, head of school, Race Leys Junior School, on her career milestones.

No quick fixes in turning around children's services

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Management standards, specifically how to deal with inadequate leadership, were very much in the news at the end of December.

Leadership: Children's services -- the good, the bad and the future

Other

Friday, April 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Do you remember Spangles? Do you listen to music on an iPod? Do you remember having milk in a bottle at playtime in primary school? Do you communicate with your friends via Facebook?

Schools to be able to opt out of children's trust arrangements

News

Thursday, July 22, 2010

| CYP Now

Schools are to be relieved of the duty to cooperate in local children's trust arrangements, the government has confirmed.

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Funding Watch: Learning Outdoors Fund

CYP Now Awards 2011 shortlist published

Wokingham reinstates dedicated DCS post

The 2014 Report

Councils aim to share burden of reform

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

Daily roundup: Social mobility, hospital admissions, and personal budgets

School admissions guidance clarifies councils' duties on summer-born children

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Research Report: Spending it Wisely - How Can Schools Use Their Resources to Help Poorer Pupils?

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Former Ofsted social care chief appointed DCS at Tower Hamlets

Children's leaders gather to tackle major issues at ADCS conference

Specialists key to childcare offer

Ask the Experts: Get the best from governing bodies

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Hampshire DCS set to take on chief executive role

Care still a barrier to university

Children's services chief sacked after just four months in job

Look outside the 20th century for answers to the school places crisis

Impact of living in care needs careful attention

How I Got Here: Sue-Ellen Lamb

No quick fixes in turning around children's services

Leadership: Children's services -- the good, the bad and the future

Schools to be able to opt out of children's trust arrangements

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