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Inspections Clinic - social care provision

    Features
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
  • | CYP Now
Ofsted’s latest annual report highlights improving standards across children’s social care but raises concerns about increasing numbers of children in unregistered provision, reports Jo Stephenson.

Oxfordshire County Council names new DCS

    News
  • Monday, November 13, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Oxfordshire County Council has named its new director of children’s services (DCS) following concerns over its delivery of provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

David Johnston appointed as children’s minister

    News
  • Thursday, August 31, 2023
  • | CYP Now
David Johnston has been appointed as the Department for Education’s tenth children’s minister in just over a decade after his predecessor Claire Coutinho was promoted to Energy Secretary.

Outcomes for Looked-after Children Attending Boarding Schools

    Research
  • Wednesday, August 30, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Researchers from the University of Nottingham were commissioned by the Royal National Children's Springboard Foundation (RNCSF) to evaluate its boarding school programme for children in care or on the edge of care and help understand the potential educational and economic benefits.

Councils push for virtual schools review

    News
  • Tuesday, August 15, 2023
  • | CYP Now
The County Councils Network (CCN) is calling for a government review of virtual schools, after finding them to be a “hidden asset” of the education system.

Ombudsman uncovers huge SEND complaints backlog in Kent

    News
  • Monday, July 10, 2023
  • | CYP Now
A backlog of 170 unanswered complaints submitted to Kent County Council over delayed support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has been uncovered during a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) investigation.

Hundreds of children in care missing from school, de Souza warns

    News
  • Thursday, May 25, 2023
  • | CYP Now
More than a thousand vulnerable children in the care system are missing from education and “at risk of becoming invisible” to support services, a new report from the children’s commissioner for England, the children's commissioner for England has warned.

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