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Children with SEND disproportionately excluded from primary school, research finds

Thursday, April 18, 2024

| CYP Now

Almost all primary school aged children who experience exclusions have a special educational need or disability (SEND), research has found.

Falling school rolls spark fears of £1bn funding drop

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Monday, April 15, 2024

| CYP Now

State-funded primary and secondary schools in England are set to lose out on £1 billion of funding by 2030 driven by a projected drop in pupil numbers, researchers warn.

Scouts wins £129,000 DfE contract to boost teacher recruitment

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Scouts has been handed a £129,000 government contract to promote teaching as a career pathway to its young members.

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.

GCSE results for disadvantaged children 'greatly improved by Sure Start'

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

| CYP Now

Children eligible for free school meals (FSM) who live near a Sure Start centre saw increased performance at GCSE by three grades, six times higher than children not eligible for FSM, new research has found.

Council to review alternative education provision after ‘failure’ to improve

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Monday, April 8, 2024

| CYP Now

A local authority has agreed to review why previous calls to improve alternative education provision for children unable to attend mainstream school have not been implemented, following an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO).

Ofsted extends ability to pause complaints to social care and early years providers

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Monday, April 8, 2024

| CYP Now

The ability to pause Ofsted inspections in circumstances where there are concerns for leaders’ wellbeing will be extended to cover children’s social care and early years providers, the inspectorate has said.

School staff raise concerns over shortage of support workers for SEND pupils

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

| CYP Now

Three quarters of school staff say more learning support assistants are needed for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), according to a new report.

'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.

Skills and apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon to step down as MP

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| CYP Now

Former chair of the Education Committee and Department for Education minister Robert Halfon will step down from government at the next general election.

Tackling decline in London pupil numbers

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

A fall in children attending London schools is putting pressure on budgets and experts warn it could impact wider community support.

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”.

MP raises concerns over 'funding shortfall' for special free schools

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

| CYP Now

Jeremy Hunt is being warned by the chair of the Education Committee that the government's £105m offer to deliver 15 new special free schools falls short of the sum needed to support children.

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.