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Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Simon White, the privately-employed DCS at Sandwell Council, says other struggling authorities may follow their lead by partnering with an outside agency to run children's services

Daily roundup: Reading cash boost, Norfolk DCS appointed, and stop and search

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The Reading Agency awarded £1m of funding, Sheila Lock named as interim DCS at Norfolk Council, and police stop and search practice criticised by inspectorate, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Other

Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Blunkett calls for standards tsars to improve school performance

News

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The introduction of schools standards "tsars" with powers to intervene in all schools is key to tackling under performance, according to a new report backed by the Labour Party.

Daily roundup: Free schools, outdoor play and mental health

Other

Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Gove under fire over free school funding; outdoor play helps cut cancer risk; and young people are most lonely, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

Other

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

East Sussex children's social care judged "good" by Ofsted; spend on agency staff triples at Windsor children's services; and new chair announced for mental health body, all in the news today.

Nicky Morgan replaces Michael Gove as Education Secretary

Other

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Nicky Morgan has replaced Michael Gove as Education Secretary as part of a surprisingly sweeping Cabinet reshuffle that has seen a number of children's sector ministerial posts change hands.

Ask the Expert: Bad staff attitudes

Best Practice

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Remit of children's chiefs expands as Webb takes on ADCS presidency

Other

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Andrew Webb, the first president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services not to have the word "children" in his title, tells CYP Now his policy priorities for the year ahead and his views on an evolving role

Give councils more powers to help underperforming schools

Other

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is calling for local school commissioners to be introduced to co-ordinate the creation of new school places, support and challenge academies, and broker school improvement services.

Troubled Families programme delivers substantial savings

News

Thursday, March 12, 2015

| CYP Now

The Troubled Families programme has delivered savings of more than double the amount spent on turning around the lives of families with complex problems, government figures suggest.

Early years groups criticise plans to promote school-based childcare

News

Monday, March 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Government moves to make schools publish details of their own childcare provision alongside their academic results will disadvantage other nursery providers, early years groups have said.

Labour manifesto pledges child mental health spending boost and compulsory sex education

News

Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Improved mental health support, compulsory sex education and a lowering of the voting age to 16 are among pledges for children and young people unveiled by the Labour Party in its election manifesto.

Edward Timpson reappointed as children's minister

News

Monday, May 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Edward Timpson has been appointed as minister of state for children and families at the Department for Education in the new majority Conservative government.

Former ADCS president Alan Wood to retire

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) Alan Wood will retire from his post in Hackney at the end of the year, it has been announced.

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Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

Daily roundup: Reading cash boost, Norfolk DCS appointed, and stop and search

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Blunkett calls for standards tsars to improve school performance

Daily roundup: Free schools, outdoor play and mental health

Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

Nicky Morgan replaces Michael Gove as Education Secretary

Ask the Expert: Bad staff attitudes

Remit of children's chiefs expands as Webb takes on ADCS presidency

Give councils more powers to help underperforming schools

Troubled Families programme delivers substantial savings

Early years groups criticise plans to promote school-based childcare

Labour manifesto pledges child mental health spending boost and compulsory sex education

Edward Timpson reappointed as children's minister

Former ADCS president Alan Wood to retire

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