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Webinar to share best practice on teaching pupils with mild vision and hearing difficulties

Thursday, May 16, 2024

| CYP Now

With one in five students affected by mild to moderate vision and/or hearing loss, this webinar from CYP Now and its sister titles will offer practical strategies for how teachers and schools can support the education of these children, including classroom strategies and advice for the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)/inclusion team.

DfE proposes ban on teaching sex education to young children

News

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.

Children’s Society to expand mental health services with £1mn award

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

| CYP Now

The Children’s Society has been awarded £1 million to provide early intervention mental health support to young people across all four nations of the UK, with a focus on those from marginalised communities.

NCS partnership to define youth services impact on mental health

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

| CYP Now

The National Citizen Service (NCS) has joined a new partnership which aims to examine the impact of accessing youth provision on young people’s mental health.

MP slams DfE’s ‘lack of engagement’ during child-friendly town inquiry

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has been criticised by the chair of a parliamentary committee for failing to engage with its inquiry into the impact of town planning on children and young people.

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.

Young people: 'We are begging next government to improve children's services'

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

| CYP Now

Young people have told cross-party MPs in Westminster that they are "not asking, but begging" the next government to change the system around children's social care.

Support for SEND children turning 18 is ‘profoundly inadequate’, report warns

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Thursday, May 9, 2024

| CYP Now

Problems in support for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being “exacerbated by a profoundly inadequate system” of help as they become adults, according to campaigners.

Interview: Vanessa Longley, chief executive, Chance UK

Interviews

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

| CYP Now

The Chance UK chief executive speaks to Derren Hayes about her plans for the charity.

Call to put schools at the heart of mental health and wellbeing plan

Analysis

Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Report by think-tank says next government should expand the reach and remit of mental health support teams so they provide advice and guidance to all pupils to prevent emerging problems from escalating.

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

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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.

Hundreds of young people to reveal lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry will hear from hundreds of young people about the lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic to form legal evidence for future recommendations.

MPs back plans to tackle youth vaping

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| CYP Now

MPs have backed major plans to tackle youth vaping and smoking including a ban on the marketing of vaping products aimed at children.

Children's safety campaigners call for WhatsApp to reverse age limit reduction

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Campaigners are calling on WhatsApp to reverse its decision to cut the age limit of users from 16 to 13.

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.

Cass review: Gender identity services for young people ‘need to match standards of other NHS care'

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

| CYP Now

A landmark healthcare review has called on the NHS to ensure gender identity services for young people match the standards of its other forms of care and support.

'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.

Child-first coaching to support young people’s mental health

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

A group of charities, policymakers and educators with a passion for using sport to improve the health and wellbeing of children are supporting efforts for physical activity to be socially prescribed through primary care networks.