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Teachers raise alarm over lack of mental health support in schools

Thursday, April 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Teachers are concerned over a lack of access to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in schools, with 92 per cent saying their school either has not enough or no access to provision.

Inspector quits Ofsted over headteacher’s death

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

| CYP Now

An Ofsted inspector has resigned following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry, who took her own life earlier this year after her school was downgraded by the inspectorate from “outstanding” to “inadequate”.

Council to review treatment of children with SEND

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Monday, April 3, 2023

| CYP Now

West Northamptonshire Council is set to review its treatment of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), after an ombudsman investigation revealed a number of children were left without adequate education.

Government announces RSHE review

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Friday, March 31, 2023

| CYP Now

A review of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) will be carried out by the end of the year, the Department for Education has announced.

Ofsted chief rejects calls to pause inspections after headteacher’s death

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Friday, March 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Ofsted’s chief inspector has rejected calls to halt inspections following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry after her school received a negative report by the inspectorate.

Social care and education workers ‘among hardest hit’ by rising costs, charity warns

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

| CYP Now

Social care and education staff are among groups of workers being hit hardest by the cost-of-living crisis, research by the charity Food Foundation has revealed.

Disadvantaged families will struggle to access expanded funded childcare, MPs told

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

| CYP Now

Certain groups of parents, including those from deprived areas, will continue to face barriers in accessing funded childcare hours under the expanded provision announced as part of the Budget, experts have told MPs.

SEND Summit to examine impact of reforms on practice

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

| CYP Now

CYP Now is to stage a one-day conference for professionals working with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) centred around what major SEND and alternative provision reforms mean for practitioners and families.

Council drafts in former Cafcass boss to tackle SEND failures

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

| CYP Now

Suffolk County Council has commissioned Anthony Douglas, the former chief executive of court advisory service Cafcass, as an independent special advisor to help improve its support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Ofsted chief inspector to step down

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

| CYP Now

Ofsted’s chief inspector Amanda Spielman is to leave at the end of the year after more than six years leading the inspectorate.

Budget 2023: Key announcements for children and young people

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

| CYP Now

Childcare reforms and support for struggling families are among a raft of measures announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt in his 2023 Budget.

One fifth of homeless children change schools multiple times

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Monday, March 13, 2023

| CYP Now

More than one fifth of homeless children have been forced to move schools multiple times as a result of being placed into temporary accommodation, according to research by Shelter.

UNCRC incorporation needed to protect children’s right to food, say young people

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Friday, March 10, 2023

| CYP Now

The Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) has called for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) incorporation bill to be reconsidered by ministers, in a series of recommendations to protect young people’s right to food amid the cost-of-living crisis.

Teaching unions criticise planned review of RSHE lessons

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

| CYP Now

School leaders have branded government plans to launch a review of sex and relationships education in England as “politically motivated” amid claims from Conservative MPs of “inappropriate content” being taught in schools.

Catch-up tutoring scheme has potential to tackle attainment gap, suggests research

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

| CYP Now

The government’s National Tutoring Programme (NTP), to help pupils catch up on lost learning post-pandemic, could tackle the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their more affluent peers, new evidence suggests.

Universities urged to act as rent guarantors for care leavers

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Monday, March 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Universities are being called on to support care-experienced and estranged students seeking accommodation by offering accessible rent guarantor services, as part of a campaign by charity Unite Foundation.

Therapeutic support programme reducing exclusions in London, research finds

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

| CYP Now

A therapeutic intervention programme designed to reduce rates of exclusion in London has supported hundreds of children at risk of involvement in youth violence, according to an evaluation report.

SEND and AP green paper response: Government confirms plans for system ‘transformation’

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

| CYP Now

The government’s long-awaited response to the SEND and alternative provision (AP) green paper includes plans for new national standards for supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and the digitisation of education, health and care plans (EHCPs).

Calls to expand free school meals after child food insecurity rate doubles

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

| CYP Now

The number of households with children experiencing food insecurity has doubled in just a year prompting increased support for the expansion of free school meals, new research finds.

Schools left unsupported by councils as early help referrals surge

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Monday, February 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Almost a quarter of early help referrals made by schools are being rejected by councils amid a “surge” in appeals to support families in need, a charity has warned.

De Souza and Coutinho back calls to improve online safety in schools after teen’s death

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Monday, February 27, 2023

| CYP Now

The children’s commissioner for England and the minister for children, families and wellbeing have jointly backed calls from the bereaved parents of a 15-year-old girl who died by suicide in 2018 to improve online safety in schools for vulnerable young people.

Disabled children ‘failed and forgotten’ by government, survey finds

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Monday, February 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Gaps in provision from health, education and social care are contributing to the ill health of seven in 10 disabled children, according to a survey carried out by the Disabled Children's Partnership.

Cost-of-living toolkit for youth workers launches

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Friday, February 24, 2023

| CYP Now

The National Youth Agency (NYA) has developed a practical toolkit to help youth workers deliver cost-of-living and money-management sessions for young people across a variety of settings.

Childcare staff need more preparation for 'enormous pressures' of role, say experts

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

| CYP Now

Early years experts have told MPs that school careers services fail to prepare childcare practitioners for the “enormous pressures” of the role, with this being a factor for the high numbers that leave the workforce.

Families of persistently absent pupils to be sent text alerts

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

| CYP Now

Parents and carers of pupils who are persistently absent from school are to be sent text alerts detailing the number of days their child has missed in an attempt to improve their attendance.

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Teachers raise alarm over lack of mental health support in schools

Inspector quits Ofsted over headteacher’s death

Council to review treatment of children with SEND

Government announces RSHE review

Ofsted chief rejects calls to pause inspections after headteacher’s death

Social care and education workers ‘among hardest hit’ by rising costs, charity warns

Disadvantaged families will struggle to access expanded funded childcare, MPs told

SEND Summit to examine impact of reforms on practice

Council drafts in former Cafcass boss to tackle SEND failures

Ofsted chief inspector to step down

Budget 2023: Key announcements for children and young people

One fifth of homeless children change schools multiple times

UNCRC incorporation needed to protect children’s right to food, say young people

Teaching unions criticise planned review of RSHE lessons

Catch-up tutoring scheme has potential to tackle attainment gap, suggests research

Universities urged to act as rent guarantors for care leavers

Therapeutic support programme reducing exclusions in London, research finds

SEND and AP green paper response: Government confirms plans for system ‘transformation’

Calls to expand free school meals after child food insecurity rate doubles

Schools left unsupported by councils as early help referrals surge

De Souza and Coutinho back calls to improve online safety in schools after teen’s death

Disabled children ‘failed and forgotten’ by government, survey finds

Cost-of-living toolkit for youth workers launches

Childcare staff need more preparation for 'enormous pressures' of role, say experts

Families of persistently absent pupils to be sent text alerts

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