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Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Friday, September 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's homes will be required to show how they support young people and respond to their wishes as part of ongoing government efforts to improve standards.

Converter academies 'refusing' support to struggling schools, MPs find

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

| CYP Now

High-achieving schools that take academy status are reneging on their promise to support poorly performing schools, according a damning report from MPs.

School safeguarding, mental health, and healthy living

News

Friday, March 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Coventry schools to have safeguarding checks; trust defends offering counselling in cafes; and smoking bans deliver child health benefits, all in the news today.

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

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Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and families minister Edward Timpson has praised the efforts of people working to improve children, young people and families' lives, at the 2012 CYP Now Awards.

LGA calls for new food standards to apply to all academies

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

| CYP Now

A loophole that enables up to 4,000 academies to avoid complying with new school food nutrition standards should be closed, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.

Survey reveals concern over councils' commissioning of further education

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Thursday, July 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Colleges and training providers have little confidence in councils' ability to effectively manage funding for further education, according to a latest survey.

Cameron unveils plans to let private providers take control of public services

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Monday, February 21, 2011

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister has announced plans to liberate the public sector from "the grip of state control" by legislating to allow private companies and charities to compete to run the bulk of public services.

CYP Now 2013 Awards open for entry

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Monday, April 15, 2013

| CYP Now

The 2013 Children & Young People Now Awards - the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK - are open for entries.

CYP Now investigation: Play services decimated as funding slashed

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly a third of local authorities in England have closed play facilities as a result of spending on play services over the past three years being slashed by 39 per cent, an investigation by CYP Now has revealed.

Labour considers witholding cash from schools if young people become Neet

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Monday, March 3, 2014

| CYP Now

A proportion of schools' funding should be dependent on pupils' progress post-16, a group of experts has recommended to the Labour Party.

£200m education funding cut threatens accountability, council leaders warn

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Friday, July 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Government plans to cut school budgets by £200m will damage councils' ability to hold schools to account and help those that are struggling to improve, council leaders have warned.

Ofsted blames poor classroom behaviour on 'casual' school leadership

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

| CYP Now

An acceptance of poor behaviour in the classroom by school leaders is having a detrimental impact on pupils' outcomes, Ofsted has warned.

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and young people's charities face funding cuts of almost £405m over the five years up to 2015/16, the National Children's Bureau (NCB) has estimated.

Local authorities told to hold schools to account

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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.

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.

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Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Converter academies 'refusing' support to struggling schools, MPs find

School safeguarding, mental health, and healthy living

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

LGA calls for new food standards to apply to all academies

Survey reveals concern over councils' commissioning of further education

Cameron unveils plans to let private providers take control of public services

CYP Now 2013 Awards open for entry

CYP Now investigation: Play services decimated as funding slashed

Labour considers witholding cash from schools if young people become Neet

£200m education funding cut threatens accountability, council leaders warn

Ofsted blames poor classroom behaviour on 'casual' school leadership

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

Local authorities told to hold schools to account

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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