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Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, DfE spending, and school safeguarding

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Disabled children will not be forced to share a room under the 'bedroom tax' changes, rules the High Court; Labour accuses the government of "reckless" spending at the DfE; and Ofsted admits inspection failings of troubled SEN school, in the news today.

Ofsted chief renews plea for tougher powers to tackle illegal schools

News

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman has made a renewed plea for greater powers to tackle unregistered schools, amid concerns children's safety is being put at risk.

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the UK government's response to the refugee crisis and foster care provision for refugee children.

Huge increase in child-on-child sex offences

News

Friday, February 3, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of reported cases of children committing sexual offences against other children has increased by 78 per cent since 2013, research by Barnardo's has found.

ADCS defends social workers over safeguarding assessments

News

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders have defended council child protection teams over suggestions they are not investigating safeguarding concerns raised by schools quickly enough.

School-based charity reports rapid rise in safeguarding concerns

News

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

A school-based child and family support charity has reported a trebling in the proportion of cases it deals with over the last six years where there is a safeguarding concern.

Daily roundup: Pupils 'go hungry', whooping cough and missing children

Other

Friday, September 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Teachers warn that pupils are suffering the impact of recession, pregnant women to be given the whooping cough jab, and an online campaign to find missing children, all in the news today.

Pelka report highlights practice and management failings

News

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Poor social work practice and management combined with high caseloads at Coventry's children's services were factors in child protection systems failing to prevent the death of four-year-old Daniel Pelka, a new review into his case has concluded.

How relationships course for pupils helps promote healthy relationships

Best Practice

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Course raises awareness of domestic abuse among older primary school pupils and promotes healthy relationships.

School safeguarding, mental health, and healthy living

News

Friday, March 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Coventry schools to have safeguarding checks; trust defends offering counselling in cafes; and smoking bans deliver child health benefits, all in the news today.

Camden criticised after CRB check failure

News

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

| CYP Now

Camden Council's school transport service arrangements have been judged as "inadequate" after a vulnerable child was sexually abused by a hired driver.

School safeguarding in Coventry after Pelka case is 'horrifying', claims study

News

Friday, January 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Safeguarding practices in Coventry schools are so poor the majority would fail to identify or protect an abused child, an independent assessment has concluded.

Daily roundup: Pupil premium plus, inequality in schools and retirement for the chief executive of the YJB

Other

Monday, September 3, 2012

| CYP Now

A call for more education funding for children in care, concerns over school provision for ethnic minority pupils, and the chief executive of the Youth Justice Board announces his intention to retire, all in the news today.

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

News

Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The government intends to change the law to make reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory prior to May's general election.

Daily roundup: Pupil behaviour, children's homes and nursery inspections

Other

Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Assaults by pupils on primary school teachers on the rise; new risk assessment guidance for children's homes published; and quarter of early years settings not inspected in last four years, all in the news today.

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?

Daily roundup: housing benefit, Hamzah Khan and Colin Green

News

Thursday, September 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Third of council tenants fall behind with rent since 'bedroom tax' introduced; body of four-year-old Hamzah Khan left in a house for two years, court told; and former Coventry DCS Colin Green joins Tower Hamlets safeguarding children's board, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child sexual exploitation; ‘punishment room' claims, and action on junk food

Other

Monday, February 18, 2013

| CYP Now

A campaign to break the taboo of child sexual exploitation, claims of autistic children being ‘locked up' for bad behaviour, and a call for a ban on junk food advertising, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Criminal families, advice on praising children, and sex education

Other

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Judge wants babies removed from persistent offenders; warning on praising children, and funding secured for lessons aimed at children at risk of sexual exploitation, all in the news today.

Guide to tackling CSA in schools

Features

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Schools are vital in educating about child sexual abuse, but too many do not discuss it, research shows.

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Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, DfE spending, and school safeguarding

Ofsted chief renews plea for tougher powers to tackle illegal schools

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

Huge increase in child-on-child sex offences

ADCS defends social workers over safeguarding assessments

School-based charity reports rapid rise in safeguarding concerns

Daily roundup: Pupils 'go hungry', whooping cough and missing children

Pelka report highlights practice and management failings

How relationships course for pupils helps promote healthy relationships

School safeguarding, mental health, and healthy living

Camden criticised after CRB check failure

School safeguarding in Coventry after Pelka case is 'horrifying', claims study

Daily roundup: Pupil premium plus, inequality in schools and retirement for the chief executive of the YJB

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

Daily roundup: Pupil behaviour, children's homes and nursery inspections

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

Daily roundup: housing benefit, Hamzah Khan and Colin Green

Daily roundup: Child sexual exploitation; ‘punishment room' claims, and action on junk food

Daily roundup: Criminal families, advice on praising children, and sex education

Guide to tackling CSA in schools

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