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DfE to slash Ofsted budget by a quarter

Monday, December 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted will have to cut its budget by a quarter over the next four years as a result of the government Spending Review, it has emerged.

DfE: 'No link' between spending on children's social care and quality

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has said there is no link between the amount of money spent on children's social care and the effectiveness of services.

Council outlines major cuts to children's centres and youth services

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Friday, February 19, 2016

| CYP Now

A council in London has announced plans to close four children's centres and cease employing youth workers as part of efforts to shave £24m from its children's services budget.

DfE announces increased funding for Staying Put

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Local authorities are set to receive a total of £22.2m this year to cover the cost of allowing young people to remain in foster care placements until their 21st birthday, it has been announced.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

Exclusive: 400 children's centres at risk across England

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of children's centres at risk of closure or being downgraded as a result of council cuts has reached 400, CYP Now can reveal.

Survey reveals concern over councils' commissioning of further education

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Thursday, July 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Colleges and training providers have little confidence in councils' ability to effectively manage funding for further education, according to a latest survey.

Cameron unveils plans to let private providers take control of public services

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Monday, February 21, 2011

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister has announced plans to liberate the public sector from "the grip of state control" by legislating to allow private companies and charities to compete to run the bulk of public services.

CYP Now 2013 Awards open for entry

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Monday, April 15, 2013

| CYP Now

The 2013 Children & Young People Now Awards - the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK - are open for entries.

Doncaster to be stripped of children's social care responsibility

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's services in Doncaster are to be split off from local authority control and instead run by an independent trust as part of a radical plan to turn the troubled department around.

Daniel Pelka SCR: Practitioners must be bolder in acting on concerns, says sector

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Professional bodies and child protection campaigners have said all practitioners working with children must be more prepared to intervene if they are concerned that a child is being abused or neglected.

Haringey installs interim director to lead children's services

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Haringey Council has moved its deputy director of adult services to take temporary charge of children's services in Haringey following the sudden departure of Libby Blake as children's services chief.

New £2m fund for charities supporting social action projects

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

| CYP Now

The Cabinet Office will offer a share of £2m of funding to charities supporting social action projects that help vulnerable young people.

Vulnerable children at risk as voluntary services struggle

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Monday, November 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Nearly three-quarters of voluntary sector practitioners surveyed by Unison say that vulnerable children and young people are being missed by services due to public sector cuts.

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) will not have to personally approve care placements outside of their authority or region after initial plans to do so were watered down.

CYP Now investigation: Play services decimated as funding slashed

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly a third of local authorities in England have closed play facilities as a result of spending on play services over the past three years being slashed by 39 per cent, an investigation by CYP Now has revealed.

Timpson clarifies long-distance care placement approval process

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Friday, January 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Children and families minister Edward Timpson has clarified the role of directors of children's services (DCSs) in signing off distant out-of-authority care placements.

Colin Hilton to lead independent children's trust in Doncaster

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

| CYP Now

The former director of the Children's Improvement Board (CIB) has been appointed by Education Secretary Michael Gove to turn around child protection services in Doncaster.

Labour considers witholding cash from schools if young people become Neet

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Monday, March 3, 2014

| CYP Now

A proportion of schools' funding should be dependent on pupils' progress post-16, a group of experts has recommended to the Labour Party.

Children's home standards on the rise

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The proportion of children's homes that received a "good" or better rating from Ofsted rose in the final three months of 2013, latest figures reveal.

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DfE to slash Ofsted budget by a quarter

DfE: 'No link' between spending on children's social care and quality

Council outlines major cuts to children's centres and youth services

DfE announces increased funding for Staying Put

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

Exclusive: 400 children's centres at risk across England

Survey reveals concern over councils' commissioning of further education

Cameron unveils plans to let private providers take control of public services

CYP Now 2013 Awards open for entry

Doncaster to be stripped of children's social care responsibility

Daniel Pelka SCR: Practitioners must be bolder in acting on concerns, says sector

Haringey installs interim director to lead children's services

New £2m fund for charities supporting social action projects

Vulnerable children at risk as voluntary services struggle

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

CYP Now investigation: Play services decimated as funding slashed

Timpson clarifies long-distance care placement approval process

Colin Hilton to lead independent children's trust in Doncaster

Labour considers witholding cash from schools if young people become Neet

Children's home standards on the rise

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