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New term, new ministers, same priorities

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  • Friday, September 23, 2022
  • | CYP Now
I had the good fortune to go to the cricket last week at the Oval to watch England’s run chase (stay with me…) where I heard the sounds of a lone trumpeter sounding out Bon Jovi’s ‘Living on Prayer’.

The benefits of attending a research conference

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  • Friday, September 9, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Every year I try and get LEYF staff to attend and present at the annual EECERA conference. I have been doing this since 2004 , although we have not attended every conference mostly because some places were a bit expensive for us and my conference savings pot wouldn’t stretch.

Attending to attendance

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  • Friday, September 9, 2022
  • | CYP Now
This week has been my first as Chair of the Educational Achievement Policy Committee and I have been reflecting on the busy education landscape ahead as children and young people start the new school term.

Cared for not catered for…

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  • Monday, September 5, 2022
  • | CYP Now
One of the great privileges of working so closely with an organisation like the United Nations is that it serves as a continual reminder of the large global community of child-focussed organisations that exists beyond our shores.

Will new PM step up for children?

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  • Monday, September 5, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Will Liz Truss, our new Prime Minister, have the courage to do what is needed to protect our most vulnerable children and their families?

Still hungry to make a difference?

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  • Monday, September 5, 2022
  • | CYP Now
It’s that time of year when most of us have had a holiday and we are gradually reconvening our staff and regrouping for the great surge of work that September normally brings.

Tips to help children manage back-to-school anxiety

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  • Friday, September 2, 2022
  • | CYP Now
With the new school year upon us, it is both an exciting and challenging time for children. New schedules and classmates and mounting workloads are among the common worries that manifest in returning schoolchildren.

Wake up, rethink the funding

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  • Tuesday, August 30, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Last week I was contacted by national radio and TV to do an interview about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and how this will affect both parents and staff.

The importance of being associated

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  • Tuesday, August 30, 2022
  • | CYP Now
In my final week of a 42 year very full-time (100 per cent attendance) career, I am being given a number of opportunities for reflection including this blog.

How the UK can level up by bridging the digital divide

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  • Friday, August 19, 2022
  • | CYP Now
The digitisation of our society and workforce was well underway even before the pandemic. The outbreak of Covid-19 forced this process to accelerate at breakneck speed, shifting many jobs, services and communications online.

Refugee support is legacy of Grenfell tragedy

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  • Tuesday, August 16, 2022
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I don’t think I have ever described an inspection as a motivational activity – we all know how it feels when the call from Ofsted arrives – but just recently inspections have been a seriously bonding experience for my teams.

Stop, pause, reflect and repeat

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  • Friday, August 12, 2022
  • | CYP Now
During the pandemic my team were fortunate enough to lead a DfE-funded project, to identify best practice in a pandemic, alongside the University of Birmingham and Anglia Ruskin University, plus five other local authorities and their children in care councils.