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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.

Post-16 study failings cost £800m, says LGA

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  • Monday, February 2, 2015
  • | CYP Now
More than £800m of education money is being "wasted" by schools and colleges because of poor advice being given to students about post-16 study options, local government leaders have said.

Daily roundup: housing benefit, Hamzah Khan and Colin Green

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  • Thursday, September 19, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Third of council tenants fall behind with rent since 'bedroom tax' introduced; body of four-year-old Hamzah Khan left in a house for two years, court told; and former Coventry DCS Colin Green joins Tower Hamlets safeguarding children's board, all in the news today.