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Former Ofsted social care chief appointed DCS at Tower Hamlets

Thursday, July 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's former national director for social care Debbie Jones has been appointed as interim director of children's services (DCS) at Tower Hamlets Council.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

New quality standards for children's homes should be scrapped by the next government, an organisation representing residential care providers has said.

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social workers, teachers and local councillors will face up to five years in jail for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

ADCS criticises academies for refusing to take on new pupils

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The government is being urged to take action against academies that are refusing to admit new pupils during term time.

Councils losing track of too many young people post-16, warn MPs

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities must strengthen arrangements for tracking the participation of 16- to 18-year-olds in education, employment or training, MPs have urged.

LGA calls for new food standards to apply to all academies

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

| CYP Now

A loophole that enables up to 4,000 academies to avoid complying with new school food nutrition standards should be closed, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.

DfE staff survey reveals extent of mental health and bullying concerns

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Monday, December 8, 2014

| CYP Now

More than half of staff at the Department for Education are suffering from moderate to high levels of anxiety, a survey has found.

Nicky Morgan: Promote British values to quash racism concerns

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

| CYP Now

The promotion of fundamental British values will make the children's workforce more confident in investigating concerns linked to race, the Education Secretary has said.

Ofsted blames poor classroom behaviour on 'casual' school leadership

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

| CYP Now

An acceptance of poor behaviour in the classroom by school leaders is having a detrimental impact on pupils' outcomes, Ofsted has warned.

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

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Friday, September 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's homes will be required to show how they support young people and respond to their wishes as part of ongoing government efforts to improve standards.

ADCS president calls for greater council oversight of academy funding

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Giving local authorities powers to monitor how academy schools spend money would ensure they better served the interests of vulnerable children, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

Councils 'need time' to deliver SEN reforms

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Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) has called for local authorities to be given time to fully implement the special education needs and disability (SEND) reforms.

MPs hear DfE blocked council intervention in Birmingham school

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

An early attempt by Birmingham City Council to intervene in a troubled school was rejected by the Department for Education, MPs have heard.

CYP Now Awards 2014 - the shortlist

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Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

We are delighted to confirm the shortlist for the 2014 Children & Young People Now Awards after receiving a record number of entries.

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Former Ofsted social care chief appointed DCS at Tower Hamlets

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

ADCS criticises academies for refusing to take on new pupils

Councils losing track of too many young people post-16, warn MPs

LGA calls for new food standards to apply to all academies

DfE staff survey reveals extent of mental health and bullying concerns

Nicky Morgan: Promote British values to quash racism concerns

Ofsted blames poor classroom behaviour on 'casual' school leadership

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

ADCS president calls for greater council oversight of academy funding

Councils 'need time' to deliver SEN reforms

MPs hear DfE blocked council intervention in Birmingham school

CYP Now Awards 2014 - the shortlist

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