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Local Government Association: Give councils power to close schools and nurseries with new Covid-19 cases

Thursday, May 14, 2020

| CYP Now

Councils should be given powers to close schools or early years settings where testing shows new clusters of Covid-19 cases, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.

Coronavirus daily round-up: Monday 18 May

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Monday, May 18, 2020

| CYP Now

Teachers’ unions have renewed calls for the government to ensure the safety of pupils and staff ahead of the reopening of schools in two weeks’ time.

Call to extend pupil premium to over-16s to aid pandemic catch up

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Thursday, August 4, 2022

| CYP Now

The pupil premium given to schools to support disadvantaged children should be extended to post-16 education in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, The Sutton Trust has said.

Poor mental health ‘primary driver’ for high NEET rates

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Mental health challenges and lack of confidence are the “primary drivers” preventing young people from accessing work, education or training, according to a new report.

Coronavirus: Free childcare funding to continue

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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

| CYP Now

Early years providers will continue to receive funding for delivering free early years entitlement despite the government advising settings close due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus: DfE asks social workers to visit vulnerable children with symptoms

News

Monday, March 23, 2020

| CYP Now

Social workers have been asked to continue visits to vulnerable children who are in self-isolation because either they or one of their family are showing symptoms of coronavirus.

Councils and charities on frontline of virus fight

Opinion

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes editor, Children & Young People Nowderren.hayes@markallengroup.com

Coronavirus: DfE launches free school meals voucher system

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

Children who are eligible for free school meals will continue to be able to access them at home during the coronavirus outbreak after the government announced a national voucher scheme.

Adoption Support Fund to subsidise online services amid Covid-19 pandemic

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

| CYP Now

The government has pledged £8m from the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) to subsidise online services to help adoptive families facing “greater stress” during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Minister backs plans to relax council duties to vulnerable children

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

| CYP Now

The government will not row back on plans to relax local authorities' statutory duties to vulnerable young people, including care leavers, children’s minister Vicky Ford has said.

Councils can switch early years funding between settings, new DfE guidance states

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Thursday, April 23, 2020

| CYP Now

Local authorities are encouraged to switch funding for “free” childcare places between early years settings if it creates more places for key workers’ children, updated government guidance states.

Coronavirus daily round-up: Thursday 23 April

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Thursday, April 23, 2020

| CYP Now

A children's services worker in Liverpool has died after contracting coronavirus, the city council has said.

Five key points Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has faced questions from the education select committee on the impact of Covid-19 on the education sector and disadvantaged children.

Children's commissioner for England: Government must revoke changes to statutory duties

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

| CYP Now

The Children’s Commissioner for England has called on the government to revoke the “unnecessary” relaxation of regulations designed to protect the country’s most vulnerable children.

Coronavirus daily round-up: Wednesday 6 May

News

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

| CYP Now

Higher education leaders have warned that as many as 100,000 young people will struggle to enter the jobs market this year due to the coronavirus crisis.

Relaxation of statutory duties: what we know so far

News

Thursday, May 7, 2020

| CYP Now

As part of its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the government has passed emergency changes to relax local authorities' statutory duties to vulnerable children.

How has the government changed SEND legislation?

News

Monday, May 11, 2020

| CYP Now

The government has released updated guidance for professionals working with children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) clarifying changes made to legislation around the creation and assessment of education, health and care (EHC) plans.

Coronavirus daily round-up: Tuesday 19 May

News

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

| CYP Now

Early years leaders have criticised the government after providers were missed out of plans for emergency funding offered to schools to cover the cost of the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus daily round-up: Thursday 21 May

News

Thursday, May 21, 2020

| CYP Now

Charities supporting young people facing financial hardship due to Covid-19 will benefit from a £150m government boost for third sector organisations.

Spending Review: Concerns National Living Wage increase 'will not support young people'

News

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Sector leaders have hit out at a planned rise in the National Living Wage (NLW) amid concerns it does not support young people.

Tutoring scheme failing to reach most targeted pupils, figures reveals

News

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

| CYP Now

The government's flagship tutoring scheme, to help pupils catch up on missed lessons during the Covid-19 pandemic, is significantly missing its targets for the year, official figures have revealed.

Covid-19 pandemic ‘not yet over’ for early years settings, providers warn

News

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

| CYP Now

The pandemic is “not yet over” for early years settings, leaders have warned, following the removal of Covid-19 restrictions in England.

YHA appointed as partner for NCS summer residential scheme

News

Thursday, April 21, 2022

| CYP Now

The National Citizen Service (NCS) has reappointed YHA (England and Wales) to run part of its new summer residential programme which was paused during the Covid-19 pandemic.

National Children’s Bureau to run Covid recovery early years practice hubs

News

Monday, August 15, 2022

| CYP Now

The National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has been appointed by the government to run its Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs programme.

Childcare experts urge MPs to address recruitment crisis

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Early years experts and researchers have asked a group of cross-party MPs to address a recruitment and retention crisis facing the sector, reporting high staff turnover due to low morale, high workloads and low wages.

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Local Government Association: Give councils power to close schools and nurseries with new Covid-19 cases

Coronavirus daily round-up: Monday 18 May

Call to extend pupil premium to over-16s to aid pandemic catch up

Poor mental health ‘primary driver’ for high NEET rates

Coronavirus: Free childcare funding to continue

Coronavirus: DfE asks social workers to visit vulnerable children with symptoms

Councils and charities on frontline of virus fight

Coronavirus: DfE launches free school meals voucher system

Adoption Support Fund to subsidise online services amid Covid-19 pandemic

Minister backs plans to relax council duties to vulnerable children

Councils can switch early years funding between settings, new DfE guidance states

Coronavirus daily round-up: Thursday 23 April

Five key points Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

Children's commissioner for England: Government must revoke changes to statutory duties

Coronavirus daily round-up: Wednesday 6 May

Relaxation of statutory duties: what we know so far

How has the government changed SEND legislation?

Coronavirus daily round-up: Tuesday 19 May

Coronavirus daily round-up: Thursday 21 May

Spending Review: Concerns National Living Wage increase 'will not support young people'

Tutoring scheme failing to reach most targeted pupils, figures reveals

Covid-19 pandemic ‘not yet over’ for early years settings, providers warn

YHA appointed as partner for NCS summer residential scheme

National Children’s Bureau to run Covid recovery early years practice hubs

Childcare experts urge MPs to address recruitment crisis

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