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ADCS vice president: School transport costs 'cannot be justified'

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Statutory requirements on council provision of home-to-school transport should be reviewed, with current spending of £1bn a year "unjustifiable" in light of ongoing cuts to early help services, the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

Daily roundup: Disability payments, Youth Work Week and SEN support in Bromley

Other

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Fears that the new disability payment system could hamper independent living for young people, MPs urged to spend time with local youth workers, and Bromley berated over delays in SEN support, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Young offenders, youth work and youth homlessness

Other

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth Justice Board cool on plans to close young adult prisons; consultation launched on future of youth services in Wiltshire; and youth homeless charity receives cash boost, all in the news today.

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

A new round of government funding through the Delivering Differently for Young People programme will aim to help more local authorities develop effective models of providing youth services at a reduced cost

Ofsted praises SEN support in Herefordshire

News

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

| CYP Now

Herefordshire County Council and local health services are working effectively to improve support for children in the area with special educational needs, an inspection has found.

GCSE proposals could disadvantage vulnerable pupils, fear experts

News

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's charities, education professionals and disability campaigners have raised fears that the government's proposed reforms to GCSEs in England could increase the likelihood of disadvantaged young people failing in school.

Daily roundup: Benefit cap, DCS appointment, and looked-after children

Other

Friday, December 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Struggling families set to be hit by benefit cap, say poverty campaigners; new director of children's services in Leicestershire; and improvements to the care system in Scotland are too slow, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Safeguarding, school security, and children in care

Other

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners warn over risk to children of drug addict parents; school security concerns raised after teacher death; and Norfolk Council struggles to reduce looked-after children numbers, all in the news today.

Councils 'need time' to deliver SEN reforms

News

Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) has called for local authorities to be given time to fully implement the special education needs and disability (SEND) reforms.

Families and Children Bill to reform SEN and adoption systems

News

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

| CYP Now

The Queen has outlined the details of a new Families and Children Bill in her first speech to parliament since the coalition was formed in 2010.

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

Other

Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.

Daily roundup: Wiltshire inspection, health guidance and teaching qualifications

Other

Friday, August 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted upgrades children's services in Wiltshire; Scotland's children's commissioner calls for urgent review of teachers' health guidance; and an early years professional complains over teacher training rejection, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Asylum-seeking children, a mobile youth club and antisocial behaviour

Other

Friday, September 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The Children's Society warns that the asylum processes is frightening children, a mobile youth scheme expands, and a study into dealing with antisocial behaviour, all in the news today.

Digital Solutions Special Report

Features

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted how digital services can be part of the solution to delivering care and support to vulnerable children and families – and provide new ways of tackling problems.

Central Bedfordshire Council’s director of children's services resigns

News

Thursday, September 23, 2021

| CYP Now

Central Bedfordshire Council's director of children's services Sue Harrison has resigned to become executive director of education and skills at Birmingham City Council.

Children Today

Funding

Thursday, February 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Funding to provide disabled children and young people with specialist equipment that will improve their quality of life

Councils sign up to test SEND reforms

News

Thursday, November 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Ten local authorities are to test new ways of helping parents understand how personalised budgets for children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) will work.

Families win right to personal budgets for SEN support

News

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Parents are to be given the legal right to personal budgets to pay for their children's care, under the biggest shake up of the special educational needs (SEN) system in 30 years.