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Cost-of-living crisis threatens ‘devastating’ impact on vulnerable children

Monday, September 5, 2022

| CYP Now

Organisations working with families have warned of the “devastating” consequences the cost-of-living crisis is having on children’s health, education and wellbeing.

Children’s sector lays out priorities for new Prime Minister Liz Truss

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Monday, September 5, 2022

| CYP Now

Leaders and organisations from across the children and young people’s sector have laid out the key challenges they would like to see new Prime Minister Liz Truss prioritise as she replaces Boris Johnson.

DfE ends intervention in Hull City Council’s children’s services

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Monday, August 8, 2022

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has ended statutory intervention in Hull City Council’s “inadequate” children’s services following “progress” at the local authority.

Most councils struggle to offer enough holiday care for disabled children, report finds

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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

| CYP Now

Families of disabled children are facing a battle to access holiday childcare amid a significant drop in the number of councils able to offer enough places, research has revealed.

DfE names new ministers following mass resignations

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has appointed its new ministers following a mass resignation of Conservative frontbenchers in response to Boris Johnson’s handling of the Chris Pincher affair.

Looked-after children ‘let down’ by the education system, MPs find

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Monday, July 11, 2022

| CYP Now

The education select committee is calling on the government to improve the educational outcomes of children in residential care after an inquiry finds a “host of indefensible system failings”.

Newly-appointed Education Secretary resigns

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Thursday, July 7, 2022

| CYP Now

Newly-appointed Education Secretary Michelle Donelan has resigned.

Ombudsman upholds nine in 10 complaints over failures to provide schooling

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Thursday, July 7, 2022

| CYP Now

The local government and social care ombudsman (LGO) has revealed that the vast majority of complaints made about council failures to provide alternative education to children who cannot attend school are upheld.

James Cleverly appointed as Education Secretary

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Thursday, July 7, 2022

| CYP Now

James Cleverly has been named as the government's third Education Secretary in just three days.

Ministerial departures throw policy reforms into turmoil

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Wednesday, July 6, 2022

| CYP Now

Children's sector leaders have warned that ministerial resignations at the Department for Education have raised questions over the future of major policy reforms.

Increase in proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals

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Thursday, June 9, 2022

| CYP Now

The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals increased by 1.7 per cent during 2021, government figures have revealed.

Care Review chair calls for teachers to consider fostering pupils

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

| CYP Now

Care Review chair Josh MacAlister has set out an argument for one per cent of all teachers to foster a child at their school.

Josh MacAlister: Safeguarding partnerships need more input from schools

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Thursday, May 12, 2022

| CYP Now

Schools and early years settings could play a “bigger role” in safeguarding partnerships, Care Review chair Josh MacAlister has told the NSPCC’s child protection conference.

Queen’s Speech: Prince Charles announces introduction of Schools Bill

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

| CYP Now

Education reforms including a crackdown on absences and new rules allowing councils to run multi-academy trusts are among key priorities for the government unveiled by the Prince of Wales at the state opening of parliament.

Queen’s Speech: Sector responds to measures announced for children and young people

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

| CYP Now

Measures announced in the Queen’s Speech to improve education and help families to cope with the cost of living crisis “must go further” to support the most vulnerable children and young people, sector leaders have said.

Universities and colleges awarded for care leaver support

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

| CYP Now

Four universities and colleges have been handed a national award for the support they offer to students with care experience.

Social workers in school projects to be extended

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

| CYP Now

Funding for two projects which see social workers support schools has been extended until the end of the current academic year, What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC) has announced.

Greater understanding of child-to-parent abuse needed across London, Sadiq Khan warns

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

| CYP Now

School exclusions, undiagnosed mental health issues and unidentified special educational needs and disabilities are among the key drivers behind child-to-parent abuse, the mayor of London has said.

Zahawi sets out expectations for councils supporting Ukrainian children

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Monday, April 4, 2022

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has written to local authorities setting out expectations around the safeguarding and provision of school places and childcare for families fleeing Ukraine.

Sharp increase in free school meal eligibility among children in need

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

| CYP Now

The proportion of children in need eligible for free school meals has seen the biggest increase during the pandemic than at any time over the last five years.

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Cost-of-living crisis threatens ‘devastating’ impact on vulnerable children

Children’s sector lays out priorities for new Prime Minister Liz Truss

DfE ends intervention in Hull City Council’s children’s services

Most councils struggle to offer enough holiday care for disabled children, report finds

DfE names new ministers following mass resignations

Looked-after children ‘let down’ by the education system, MPs find

Newly-appointed Education Secretary resigns

Ombudsman upholds nine in 10 complaints over failures to provide schooling

James Cleverly appointed as Education Secretary

Ministerial departures throw policy reforms into turmoil

Increase in proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals

Care Review chair calls for teachers to consider fostering pupils

Josh MacAlister: Safeguarding partnerships need more input from schools

Queen’s Speech: Prince Charles announces introduction of Schools Bill

Queen’s Speech: Sector responds to measures announced for children and young people

Universities and colleges awarded for care leaver support

Social workers in school projects to be extended

Greater understanding of child-to-parent abuse needed across London, Sadiq Khan warns

Zahawi sets out expectations for councils supporting Ukrainian children

Sharp increase in free school meal eligibility among children in need

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