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Children's commissioner's SEND plans focus on early years support

Monday, November 14, 2022

| CYP Now

Improved training for early years staff and a smoother transition to adult services are among recommendations made by the children's commissioner for England to improve support for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Education toolkit teaches students to challenge sexist behaviour and build healthy relationships

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Monday, November 14, 2022

| CYP Now

A toolkit, launched by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, helps teachers empower students to recognise and challenge sexist behaviour in a bid to reduce cases of violence against women and girls.

Black girls treated more punitively within school system, report warns

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

| CYP Now

Black and mixed heritage girls are being treated more harshly than their white male classmates when it comes to punitive punishments like exclusion, a report has revealed.

Teaching assistants quitting to find ‘better paid supermarket jobs’

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

| CYP Now

Teaching assistants are among a raft of low paid education and health workers quitting in favour of roles in the retail sector with better wages, Unison is warning.

Mayor of London launches £1m toolkit to prevent violence against women and girls

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022

| CYP Now

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has visited a school in the capital to mark the launch of training sessions designed to empower young people to stand against misogynistic behaviour.

Longfield commission sets out ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ plans

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Friday, November 4, 2022

| CYP Now

The creation of an England-wide network of 1,000 community hubs dubbed ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ that would provide support for those vulnerable to exploitation from criminal gangs is a key recommendation of a year-long review of services for young people led by former children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield.

Campaigners call for urgent action to plug SEND workforce gaps

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Thursday, November 3, 2022

| CYP Now

Urgent long-term investment is needed to plug gaps in the specialist workforce supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), a coalition of more than 100 charities and experts is warning.

Girls report high levels of discrimination and harassment

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Tuesday, November 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Nearly three-quarters of girls and young women surveyed by youth charity Girlguiding have experienced discrimination based around their gender, sexuality, race or disabilities in the past year.

Sector leaders criticise lack of care experience on finalised Care Review Implementation Board

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Tuesday, November 1, 2022

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has finalised the board responsible for implementing the Care Review recommendations, but some sector leaders have criticised the lack of members with direct care experience.

Tolhurst quits as schools and childhood minister

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Friday, October 28, 2022

| CYP Now

Kelly Tolhurst has quit as minister for schools and childhood after just one month in the role.

Teacher-led tutoring favoured by schools, Ofsted finds

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Tutoring sessions taught by qualified teachers tend to be of higher quality than sessions led by other tutors and are favoured by school leaders, a new report by Ofsted finds.

Robert Halfon and Nick Gibb return to DfE

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

| CYP Now

The Department for Education’s ministerial reshuffle has begun, with Robert Halfon and Nick Gibb named as ministers of state.

Displacement Education Fund

Funding

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

The Displacement Education Fund supports children and young people who have been displaced by conflict to access good-quality education.

Briefing: School attendance drive

Analysis

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

The government has published guidance to improve school attendance with new duties on councils.

Childcare experts urge MPs to address recruitment crisis

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Early years experts and researchers have asked a group of cross-party MPs to address a recruitment and retention crisis facing the sector, reporting high staff turnover due to low morale, high workloads and low wages.

Kit Malthouse out as Education Secretary

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Kit Malthouse is out as Education Secretary as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appoints his new cabinet.

Gillian Keegan appointed fifth Education Secretary in four months

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Gillian Keegan has been appointed as the government’s fifth Education Secretary in just four months.

MPs urge government not to ‘backtrack’ on SEND reforms

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Monday, October 24, 2022

| CYP Now

The education select committee has urged Education Secretary Kit Malthouse not to “renege” on promises made to reform provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) after the government confirmed it is looking at ways to cut public spending.

Child sexual abuse inquiry recommends creation of new child protection authority

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Thursday, October 20, 2022

| CYP Now

A seven-year inquiry into child sexual abuse in England and Wales recommends the creation of a new child protection authority (CPA) as well as calling for the prosecution of people who work with children and fail to report allegations of abuse.

Catch-up tutoring scheme must better target disadvantaged pupils, report warns

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

| CYP Now

A government tutoring scheme aimed at helping pupils to catch-up on education missed during the Covid-19 pandemic needs to improve its targeting of disadvantaged pupils to ensure it is effective, according to researchers.

Online community for SEND professionals launches

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Friday, October 14, 2022

| CYP Now

The SEND Network is a new, expert-led, digital community for professionals working with children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

DCMS launches call for evidence in girls' football consultation

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Friday, October 14, 2022

| CYP Now

A review into the future of women’s football has opened a call for evidence on issues including barriers to girls and boys having equal access to the sport.

Toolkit to support teachers to improve student wellbeing

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Thursday, October 13, 2022

| CYP Now

A free toolkit has been designed to help teachers promote positive mental wellbeing, after charity research showed 40 per cent of teachers don’t feel confident helping students with mental health.

Study reveals pandemic’s impact on young people’s career and study plans

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Thursday, October 13, 2022

| CYP Now

Girls and disadvantaged pupils are more likely than their peers to have changed their career and education plans due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a survey has revealed.