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Character Education: Policy context

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 29, 2019
    • | CYP Now
At the recent Conservative annual conference, Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan reiterated her party's commitment to a wide-ranging character education agenda.

Schools and knife crime: Inspections Clinic

    Features
  • Monday, September 23, 2019
    • | CYP Now
Rising levels of youth violence have shone a light on what schools are doing to keep children safe and educate them about the dangers. Jo Stephenson reports on the findings of a London research project.

Speech and language: The 30 million word gap

According to one influential piece of research, disadvantaged children hear 30 million fewer words than their peers. Early years expert James Hempsall explores efforts to address the language gap.

Special Report: Apprenticeships

The government has a goal to create at least three million apprenticeships by 2020, with many of these placements being targeted at vulnerable and disadvantaged groups of young people, writes Derren Hayes.

Apprenticeships: Policy context

    Features
  • Wednesday, January 2, 2019
    • | CYP Now
As part of a wider drive to improve the status of vocational training, successive governments in recent years have developed policies to boost the number and quality of apprenticeship places.

Special Report: Narrowing the Attainment Gap

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 27, 2018
    • | CYP Now
The gap between disadvantaged children and better-off peers is narrowing slowly, but policymakers are developing innovative programmes to boost the academic achievement of those struggling at school.

Inspecting 'off-rolling'

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 25, 2018
    • | CYP Now
Ofsted has found evidence that a significant minority of schools are finding ways to manage more challenging pupils out. New tools will make it easier to identify this practice, says Jo Stephenson.

Inspections Clinic: School careers guidance

    Features
  • Tuesday, August 28, 2018
    • | CYP Now
Following the launch of the government's Careers Strategy earlier this year, there are a raft of new requirements for providing careers advice and guidance that schools must meet from September.

Special Report: PSHE Education

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 28, 2017
    • | CYP Now
Personal, social, health and economic education has long been championed as key to teaching children essential life skills, and from 2019 all schools will be required to teach relationships and sex education.

Care and capability

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 31, 2017
    • | CYP Now
Looked-after young people are some of the most vulnerable in society. Charlotte Goddard examines the skills required and challenges across the workforce in providing quality care across the system.

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