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Goodwill takes on DfE early years and social care briefs

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

| CYP Now

New Department for Education minister Robert Goodwill MP is to take on responsibility for early years in addition to children's social care as part of an expanded ministerial portfolio.

Youth services 'face oblivion' unless they pursue social investment

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Monday, February 27, 2017

| CYP Now

Youth services are in existential crisis and face oblivion unless they change the way they are funded and take advantage of social investment opportunities, a leading figure in the sector has warned.

4Children chief criticises children's centres consultation delay

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

The chief of collapsed charity 4Children has criticised the government for its failure to deliver on its pledge to hold a consultation on the future of children's centres.

Council to close more than half of its children's centres

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has voted to close 29 of its children's centres, with the loss of 143 posts, in a bid to save £4.7m.

Amanda Spielman put forward as new Ofsted chief inspector

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Friday, June 10, 2016

| CYP Now

An academy chain founder and current chair of exam regulator Ofqual has been put forward to replace Sir Michael Wilshaw as Ofsted chief inspector.

Fifth of Ofsted staff plan to leave within a year

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

| CYP Now

One in five Ofsted staff want to quit the inspectorate, according to a survey of its workers.

Council proposes closing all children's centres to save £600k

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Friday, December 4, 2015

| CYP Now

A council is preparing to close its remaining children's centres in order to save money in 2016/17.

Children's services chief sacked after just four months in job

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Friday, November 6, 2015

| CYP Now

A director of children's services has been sacked after being in post for just four months, it has emerged.

Peers vote for full funding review into free childcare expansion

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

| CYP Now

The government must carry out a thorough review of how it will fund the expanded free childcare entitlement before peers will give it their backing.

Hampshire DCS set to take on chief executive role

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Hampshire's director of children's services John Coughlan is set to be appointed as the council's chief executive next week.

Labour announces shadow childcare and children's ministers

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Friday, September 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour has appointed its shadow childcare and shadow children's ministers following Jeremy Corbyn's election as the party's new leader.

A further 100 children's centres face closure

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Monday, August 17, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 100 children's centres will close or are under threat of closure, it has emerged.

Introduction of living wage set to hike childcare providers' costs by a third

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Monday, August 10, 2015

| CYP Now

The quality of childcare could suffer unless the government meets the cost of rising staff wages across the sector, early years employers have warned.

Meagre pay could spark nursery staff shortage

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Friday, July 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Low rates of pay could trigger a future shortage of nursery staff and undermine the government's expansion of free childcare provision, researchers have warned.

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

| CYP Now

More local authority children's services departments will be taken out of council control in order to tackle failure, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

LGA's David Simmonds receives CBE in Queen's birthday honours

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Monday, June 15, 2015

| CYP Now

David Simmonds, chair of the Local Government Association's (LGA) children and young people board, has been awarded a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen's birthday honours.

Morgan continues as Education Secretary as Gove to lead Ministry of Justice

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Monday, May 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Nicky Morgan has been reappointed as Education Secretary after the Conservatives' surprise outright victory at last Thursday's general election.

Conservative election victory to signal deep spending cuts

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Friday, May 8, 2015

| CYP Now

The children's sector is bracing itself for deep cuts in welfare support and Whitehall budgets following the Conservative Party's outright victory in Thursday's general election.

Guide helps children's professionals understand key election pledges

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children & Young People Now presents the definitive guide to what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on key issues for children, young people and families.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Conservatives offer funding boost for free childcare scheme

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

The Conservative Party has promised to increase funding rates to early years providers, as part of its manifesto pledge to offer 30 hours of free childcare a week.

Conservatives make 30-hour free childcare promise

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

| CYP Now

The Conservative party has pledged to extend free childcare for three- and four-year-olds to 30 hours each week if it wins the general election.

DfE extends Children's Strategic Partnership backing

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

| CYP Now

The children's charity partnership set up two years ago to boost links between the voluntary sector and government is to be extended for another year.

Early years groups criticise plans to promote school-based childcare

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Monday, March 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Government moves to make schools publish details of their own childcare provision alongside their academic results will disadvantage other nursery providers, early years groups have said.

ADCS backs early intervention drive for next government

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Friday, March 6, 2015

| CYP Now

The next government must take action to ensure savings from early intervention work is ploughed back into children's services, the Association of Directors of Children's services (ADCS) has said.

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Goodwill takes on DfE early years and social care briefs

Youth services 'face oblivion' unless they pursue social investment

4Children chief criticises children's centres consultation delay

Council to close more than half of its children's centres

Amanda Spielman put forward as new Ofsted chief inspector

Fifth of Ofsted staff plan to leave within a year

Council proposes closing all children's centres to save £600k

Children's services chief sacked after just four months in job

Peers vote for full funding review into free childcare expansion

Hampshire DCS set to take on chief executive role

Labour announces shadow childcare and children's ministers

A further 100 children's centres face closure

Introduction of living wage set to hike childcare providers' costs by a third

Meagre pay could spark nursery staff shortage

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

LGA's David Simmonds receives CBE in Queen's birthday honours

Morgan continues as Education Secretary as Gove to lead Ministry of Justice

Conservative election victory to signal deep spending cuts

Guide helps children's professionals understand key election pledges

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Conservatives offer funding boost for free childcare scheme

Conservatives make 30-hour free childcare promise

DfE extends Children's Strategic Partnership backing

Early years groups criticise plans to promote school-based childcare

ADCS backs early intervention drive for next government

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