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Let’s focus on inclusion

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  • Monday, March 13, 2023
    • | CYP Now
As Lincolnshire has been selected as one of the authorities to receive a joint Ofsted and CQC thematic review of Alternative Provision (AP), I thought I would use this blog as an opportunity to reflect on some of the challenges we are facing as a sector whilst delivering our duties in a changing education environment.

Dear Chancellor

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  • Tuesday, March 7, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Friday, 3rd of March marked Employee Appreciation Day. Many in the Early Years sector sent heartfelt thanks to staff for continuing to stay in their jobs and educate our youngest citizens.

Unlocking the keys to learning

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  • Friday, February 24, 2023
    • | CYP Now
I expect people that know me well are thinking I would use this blog to make some comments around the government response to the Care Review or the family justice system, but that would be far too predictable…

The continuing saga of the childcare cost

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  • Friday, February 24, 2023
    • | CYP Now
We have been raising the issues of childcare funding for over 10 years. It has been so long, I am amazed at how patient I’ve remained – and I’m not usually that patient. I get an itch waiting in queues.

Looking forward

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  • Friday, February 17, 2023
    • | CYP Now
As I write this, there has been a huge amount happening in children’s services over the past couple of weeks.

Emotional health day

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  • Friday, February 17, 2023
    • | CYP Now
One of the most stressful things you can do is move house. On Friday 24 February I, the chief executive of an emotional health charity, am moving house. That same day the charity is celebrating Emotional Health Day. The irony of this juxtaposition is not lost on me!

Working together

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  • Monday, February 13, 2023
    • | CYP Now
At the time of writing, ADCS members across the children’s sector will be reflecting on the government’s response to the independent review of children’s social care.

Supporting new mothers

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  • Monday, February 13, 2023
    • | CYP Now
I was struck by the recent news about the Shaping Us campaign which aims to improve understanding of the importance of early childhood in shaping adulthood and society as a whole.

Learning from experience

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  • Monday, February 6, 2023
    • | CYP Now
As I write this blog, I do so acutely aware the government’s eagerly anticipated response to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care has been published and may prove a more interesting read.

From the royal launch event of Shaping Us

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  • Monday, February 6, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Everyone working in early years knows how important the first years of a child’s life truly are. It is a time unlike any other in a person’s life where the brain develops at an extraordinary rate and all the building blocks for future learning are made.

Heating or eating

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  • Monday, February 6, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Pause works with women who have had, or are at risk of having, more than one child removed from their care.

Thousands of siblings split up in the care system

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  • Monday, January 30, 2023
    • | CYP Now
The findings from Dame Rachel De Souza's report bring home a cold, hard reality, as the latest figures show that one in three children are separated from their siblings when they come into care.

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