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Long-term support cures hopelessness

    Opinion
  • Friday, October 14, 2011
    • | CYP Now
After the long summer, there is much on which to reflect. The riots have focused on the issues that should be front of mind for all of us - helping disadvantaged young people reach their full potential.

We must pull together for deprived children

    Opinion
  • Friday, July 22, 2011
    • | CYP Now
This week is the first week of the school break. It's a time for a holiday, time to play sport, time to take part in new challenges. But research has shown that disadvantaged children are more likely to fall behind their peers during this long summer holiday.

Expect confusion from an unclear admissions code

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 13, 2011
    • | CYP Now
When I worked in local authorities, many parents were - rightly - concerned about whether the school their children attended was any good. And just about every parent became passionate about getting their children into the school they wanted.

School trips are unlucky victim of efficiency drives

    Opinion
  • Friday, May 13, 2011
    • | CYP Now
The squeeze is on for anything that does not appear immediately important. For colleges, enrichment funding is being slashed. This is funding that has contributed to a wide range of important discretionary activity, from sport to family education.

Youth unemployment: the solutions exist

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, May 3, 2011
    • | CYP Now
We have seen the headlines screaming at us that one in five young people are jobless, that youth unemployment has hit a "record high" and that the problem is now a "national crisis".

Never mind the inspectorate, recruit the right inspectors

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 18, 2011
    • | CYP Now
On the face of it, the education select committee's call to split Ofsted into two separate inspectorates for education and children's care would represent a further step away from services centred on the needs of the whole child. It is a trend played out in several areas through the disappearance of children's trust arrangements and local authority children's services departments.

Parents know best -- but only some of the time

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 21, 2011
    • | CYP Now
Since the 1978 Warnock Report on special educational needs (SEN), there has been a vast amount of legislation, regulation and guidance, with amendment piled on amendment to try to make the creaking system work better.

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