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Daily roundup: Children's homes, Birmingham DCS and school places

Friday, July 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Education committee launches inquiry into children's residential care, Birmingham's DCS leaves the council, and the government announces which schools will receive funding for new places, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Childcare in schools, perinatal mental health and domestic abuse

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Monday, June 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Minister moots late opening schools plan; report warns of postcode lottery for perinatal mental health, and serious case review identifies missed opportunities, all in the news today.

Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

Other

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Simon White, the privately-employed DCS at Sandwell Council, says other struggling authorities may follow their lead by partnering with an outside agency to run children's services

Child safeguarding: leaders' debate

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders from councils across England discussed the current challenges of safeguarding children at a debate hosted by CYP Now in partnership with 4Children. Ravi Chandiramani reports

Daily roundup: Pupil premium protected, underweight children and Doncaster children's services

Other

Monday, May 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Gove "fighting hard" to protect the pupil premium from funding cuts, the health of underweight children is being ignored say academics, and Doncaster looks to work with "partners" to improve children's services, all in the news today

Remit of children's chiefs expands as Webb takes on ADCS presidency

Other

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Andrew Webb, the first president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services not to have the word "children" in his title, tells CYP Now his policy priorities for the year ahead and his views on an evolving role

Daily roundup: School sports, tooth decay and academies

News

Monday, March 18, 2013

| CYP Now

£150m for primary school sport, 41 per cent of children in Wales suffer tooth decay by five, and concerns over cost of academies in Birmingham, all in the news today.

Ask the Expert: Bad staff attitudes

Best Practice

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Ask the Expert: Motivating staff

Other

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Ask the Expert: Appreciating animals

Best Practice

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Ministers set aside concerns over local authority role in education

News

Friday, July 6, 2012

| CYP Now

Ministers will not address concerns over the future role of councils in education until November at the very earliest, a senior government official has revealed.

ADCS president urges government to consult councils on free school applications

News

Thursday, July 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders must be consulted on free school applications to prevent them opening in areas where they could make an existing school unviable, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Local authorities told to hold schools to account

News

Thursday, April 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Government must clarify local authority powers to intervene with failing maintained schools and academies to ensure standards are sustained, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

News

Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

News

Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Politicians in Kensington & Chelsea have outlined their vision of standards for children's services for a new combined department across three authorities, stating that outstanding inspection ratings are expected.

Local authorities prepare for cuts of up to eight per cent next year

News

Thursday, December 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Councils are to be hit with spending cuts of up to eight per cent next year, under plans set out in the provisional local government finance settlement.

We must adapt to stay in the driving seat on education

Other

Monday, October 31, 2011

| CYP Now

Camden has a proud history of placing a high priority on education for all ages and this can be seen in the funding levels we provide relative to elsewhere in London, and indeed the rest of the UK.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

News

Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Leadership: Raising standards means working together to fulfil our ambitions

Other

Monday, October 3, 2011

| CYP Now

In Sandwell, the history of school improvement leadership has been interesting. It was primary head teachers who contacted Ofsted in the early years of the last decade to complain that the local authority did not know its schools.

The trials and tribulations of becoming an academy

Other

Friday, September 16, 2011

| CYP Now

Our new academy is taking shape. Staff and pupils alike cannot wait to get into the state-of-the-art building in September 2012.

Leadership: Children's services -- the good, the bad and the future

Other

Friday, April 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Do you remember Spangles? Do you listen to music on an iPod? Do you remember having milk in a bottle at playtime in primary school? Do you communicate with your friends via Facebook?

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Daily roundup: Children's homes, Birmingham DCS and school places

Daily roundup: Childcare in schools, perinatal mental health and domestic abuse

Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

Child safeguarding: leaders' debate

Daily roundup: Pupil premium protected, underweight children and Doncaster children's services

Remit of children's chiefs expands as Webb takes on ADCS presidency

Daily roundup: School sports, tooth decay and academies

Ask the Expert: Bad staff attitudes

Ask the Expert: Motivating staff

Ask the Expert: Appreciating animals

Ministers set aside concerns over local authority role in education

ADCS president urges government to consult councils on free school applications

Local authorities told to hold schools to account

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

Local authorities prepare for cuts of up to eight per cent next year

We must adapt to stay in the driving seat on education

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Leadership: Raising standards means working together to fulfil our ambitions

The trials and tribulations of becoming an academy

Leadership: Children's services -- the good, the bad and the future

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