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Prioritise retention of children’s social workers

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, April 27, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Latest Department for Education workforce figures show the number of vacant social worker posts across children’s services departments in England rose by seven per cent in 2021 to a five-year high – accounting for one in six positions.

University access key to success of levelling up

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 1, 2022
  • | CYP Now
It is a decade since university tuition fees were raised from £3,000 to £9,000 per year. It was feared the rise would deter disadvantaged young people from going to university, yet latest figures from Ucas shows record numbers of 18-year-olds from poorer areas applied this year.

Today’s big challenges need collective efforts

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, December 22, 2021
  • | CYP Now
We start 2022 with a feeling of déjà vu. The emergence of the Omicron variant has derailed the fragile recovery from the pandemic and once again raised the possibility of children’s education being disrupted by school closures and Covid isolation.

Youth work is integral to rural communities

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, August 31, 2021
  • | CYP Now
My summer holiday was in Somerset. A village near our campsite had a recently built youth centre attached to the community hall. A sign advertised the one two-hour session for young people each week, on a Thursday evening. But when we went back on the Thursday evening the club was shut and no young people were around.

Support for pupil learning is premium consideration

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 30, 2021
  • | CYP Now
The £1.7bn “catch-up” programme for pupils has recently started to have an impact: more than 100,000 children have received additional support since last autumn and the government has appointed Education Endowment Foundation chief Sir Kevan Collins to oversee the scheme.

England needs in-depth and speedy care review

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 25, 2020
  • | CYP Now
The government has pledged to undertake a review of the care system “to make sure all care placements and settings are providing children and young adults with the support they need”.

Three key issues of the 2010s to fix in the 2020s

    Opinion
  • Thursday, January 2, 2020
  • | CYP Now
The new government will need to solve quickly a number of longstanding issues affecting vulnerable children and families if it is to offer a more optimistic outlook for a children’s sector worn down by a decade of austerity.

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