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Legal Update: School attendance and holidays

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at the rules around school attendance and taking holidays in term time in light of a Supreme Court ruling.

Joint working model cuts safeguarding case delays

News

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

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Multi-agency safeguarding hubs (Mash) in London have nearly halved the amount of time it takes to deal with child protection referrals, according to new research.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Schools and long-term medical conditions

Other

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

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Legal Update: Access to sexual health services

Other

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

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Elizabeth Yarrow, senior researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, summarises recent research that explores the impact of the law on young people's access to sexual and reproductive health services.

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

News

Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

Higher education for migrant care leavers

Other

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

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Many migrant care leavers with discretionary leave to remain in the UK face financial barriers to accessing higher education

School admissions guidance clarifies councils' duties on summer-born children

News

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

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The government has updated guidance on school admissions for summer-born children to ensure parents have a greater say on when their child enters reception class.

Daily roundup: Job support, family courts and child poverty

Other

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

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Intensive support trialled for jobless 16- and 17-year-olds not receiving benefits; adoption hearing cancelled due to lack of translators; and report reveals impact of recession on child poverty, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Inquiry into sex education

Other

Monday, June 9, 2014

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Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, discusses recent research carried out by the centre in light of an upcoming government inquiry into SRE.

ChildRIGHT Ask the Expert: Appealing school admission decisions

Other

Friday, July 8, 2011

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Councils axe funding for Traveller community pupils

News

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

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More than a third of councils have scrapped or slashed funding to support pupils from Traveller communities.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Disability discrimination at school

Other

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

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Q: A young person I work with wishes to make a complaint about disability discrimination in relation to an experience she had at her school. How should she go about doing this?

Legal Update: Managing school attendance

Best Practice

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Richard Oldershaw, lead adviser at Coram’s Child Law Advice Service, explains how schools and councils should monitor pupil attendance and home education arrangements and what to do when problems arise.

Children's commissioner should be merged with children's rights director, Dunford recommends

News

Monday, December 6, 2010

| CYP Now

The role of children's commissioner for England should be merged with the Office of the Children's Rights Director, John Dunford, the former general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, has recommended in his review published today.

ChildRIGHT: Higher education -- Tuition fees and the right to higher education

Features

Monday, January 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Holly Rogalski, legal research and information officer at the Children's Legal Centre, looks at the human rights issues behind access to higher education.