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Enter the CYP Now Awards and take your chance to shine

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

| CYP Now

The 2014 Children & Young People Now Awards - the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK - are open for entries.

Birmingham providers forced to pay 'living wage' to retain childcare funding

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Nursery owners in Birmingham have been told they will be stripped of funding to deliver the government's free childcare schemes unless they pay staff enhanced wages.

Daily roundup: Mental health, education and inspections

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Friday, May 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Self-esteem damaged by overuse of the internet; schools accused of extremism could be converted to academies; and Ofsted criticises Nottingham Safeguarding Children Board, all in the news today.

NCB unveils new chief executive

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The National Children's Bureau (NCB) has announced that Anna Feuchtwang is to become its new chief executive.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

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.

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Somerset County Council has announced it has terminated the contract of the interim director of children's services (DCS) for failing to deliver improvements at the struggling authority quickly enough.

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

| CYP Now

A struggling council that a government report recommended be scrapped and replaced with two new unitary authorities is pushing ahead with plans to establish children's services to an independent trust in 12 months' time.

Converter academies 'refusing' support to struggling schools, MPs find

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

| CYP Now

High-achieving schools that take academy status are reneging on their promise to support poorly performing schools, according a damning report from MPs.

School safeguarding, mental health, and healthy living

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Friday, March 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Coventry schools to have safeguarding checks; trust defends offering counselling in cafes; and smoking bans deliver child health benefits, all in the news today.

Charity boss challenges accuracy of 'at risk' data

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Official figures on children in need are massively underestimating the numbers at risk of neglect and abuse, charity boss Camila Batmanghelidjh has said.

Local authorities won't be ‘written out of the script' in education, says Laws

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Local authorities have a "crucial role" to play in education despite increasing numbers of academies, the minister for schools has said.

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

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Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and families minister Edward Timpson has praised the efforts of people working to improve children, young people and families' lives, at the 2012 CYP Now Awards.

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.

Children's social worker vacancies soar

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of vacant children's social worker posts has increased by nearly 20 per cent in a single year, latest government statistics show.

ADCS Conference: President warns of funding crisis and ‘broken' Ofsted framework

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Friday, July 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services departments are facing a "looming crisis" because of funding cuts, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.?

Study highlights postcode lottery of child health

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Monday, September 7, 2015

| CYP Now

The health and development of children under five varies dramatically between different parts of England, with a child living in one area far more likely to be condemned to poor health than another living relatively close by, a study has found.

Local authority announces plans to cease funding 22 youth centres to save £1m

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has announced plans that could result in the closure of all 22 of its youth centres in order to make savings of £1m.

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

A children's services department that was providing support for three vulnerable children who died in the space of a month has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is holding discussions about the possibility of outsourcing elements of its children's social care work in order to help deal with an influx of asylum-seeking children, it has emerged.

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Enter the CYP Now Awards and take your chance to shine

Birmingham providers forced to pay 'living wage' to retain childcare funding

Daily roundup: Mental health, education and inspections

NCB unveils new chief executive

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

Converter academies 'refusing' support to struggling schools, MPs find

School safeguarding, mental health, and healthy living

Charity boss challenges accuracy of 'at risk' data

Local authorities won't be ‘written out of the script' in education, says Laws

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

LGA calls for new food standards to apply to all academies

Children's social worker vacancies soar

ADCS Conference: President warns of funding crisis and ‘broken' Ofsted framework

Study highlights postcode lottery of child health

Local authority announces plans to cease funding 22 youth centres to save £1m

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

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