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Schools in Greenwich to close due to spike in coronavirus cases

Monday, December 14, 2020

Greenwich Council will be the first in England to close schools early for Christmas amid concerns about an "extreme" rise in coronavirus cases across London.

Praise for joint working to tackle children’s mental health crisis

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

Joint working between social care, education, health and emergency services to improve support for young people dealing with mental health issues has been praised in a report by inspectors.

BAME families ‘subject to structural racism’ amid Covid-19 response

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

Children from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds have been hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic due in part to a "backdrop of structural racism" across the UK, Barnardo's has warned.

Children’s rights ‘worryingly low’ on political agenda, charities warn

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Children’s rights remain “worryingly low” on the political agenda in England, a coalition of charities supporting vulnerable young people have warned.

Tulip Siddiq calls for ‘broken’ children’s social care system to be rebuilt

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

The “broken system” within children’s social care must be rebuilt following decades of cuts to local authority funding, Labour’s shadow minister for children and early years has said.

Nesta names 14 organisations to benefit from Covid-19 recovery scheme

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Employment innovation charity Nesta has named a raft of organisations supporting young people to find work which will benefit from a £125,000 share of its Covid-19 recovery fund.

Mother 'left in debt' after council ends school transport for autistic son

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Monday, December 7, 2020

A council that withdrew school transport for an autistic boy, leaving his mother to pay for taxis to get him to his special school, has been criticised by the local government and social care ombudsman.

Council and college leaders call for 'radical shake-up' of SEND support in further education

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

Council and college leaders are calling for a “radical shake up” of the support young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive in further education.

Ofsted announces return to full inspections in 2021

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

Inspections are to resume across children’s services, schools, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision and early years settings in 2021 after visits were suspended due to Covid-19.

Kent and Medway Violence Reduction Unit launch nurturing schools partnership

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

Kent and Medway Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) has teamed up with a charity to support 10 secondary schools to reduce the number of exclusions and create an inclusive learning environment.

Free school meals scheme prompted thousands of helpline calls in first weeks, investigation finds

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Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Schools and disadvantaged families faced “difficulties and delays” accessing free school meals during the first few weeks of the initial Covid-19 lockdown, the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed.

DfE ‘denying Covid support to early years providers’, sector warns

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Monday, November 30, 2020

Early years providers hit hard by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic are being denied the same support from government being given to schools, sector leaders have warned.

Spending Review: What has Rishi Sunak pledged for children and young people?

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced his one-year spending review with a focus on helping the UK’s economy recover from Covid-19.

Sector ‘disappointed’ over Spending Review’s failure to do more for disadvantaged children

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Sector leaders have expressed “disappointment” over a lack of investment to support the most vulnerable children and young people following the announcement of Rishi Sunak’s Spending Review.

Public sector pay freeze ‘a body blow’ to frontline workers, unions say

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Education and social care unions have criticised the government’s decision to freeze pay for public sector workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Spending Review: Government invests in training and job support schemes

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

The Spending Review includes a number of measures to support young people into work and training opportunities in 2021/22.

Spending Review: Sector bodies set out key asks

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is today set to announce a one-year spending review focussed solely on helping the UK to recover from Covid-19.

Home education rise leaving children’s services ‘stretched’, ADCS warns

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Monday, November 23, 2020

The number of children being electively home educated has jumped by more than a third compared with last year due to health fears sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic, new figures from the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) shows.

Covid-19 ‘having a devastating impact on children’s rights’

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Friday, November 20, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic is having a “devastating impact on children’s rights, wellbeing and futures”, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has warned.

Homophobic and racist online bullying increasing, research warns

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Thursday, November 19, 2020

Homophobic and racist cyber bullying among children has trebled since 2015, a new survey has revealed.

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Schools in Greenwich to close due to spike in coronavirus cases

Praise for joint working to tackle children’s mental health crisis

BAME families ‘subject to structural racism’ amid Covid-19 response

Children’s rights ‘worryingly low’ on political agenda, charities warn

Tulip Siddiq calls for ‘broken’ children’s social care system to be rebuilt

Nesta names 14 organisations to benefit from Covid-19 recovery scheme

Mother 'left in debt' after council ends school transport for autistic son

Council and college leaders call for 'radical shake-up' of SEND support in further education

Ofsted announces return to full inspections in 2021

Kent and Medway Violence Reduction Unit launch nurturing schools partnership

Free school meals scheme prompted thousands of helpline calls in first weeks, investigation finds

DfE ‘denying Covid support to early years providers’, sector warns

Spending Review: What has Rishi Sunak pledged for children and young people?

Sector ‘disappointed’ over Spending Review’s failure to do more for disadvantaged children

Public sector pay freeze ‘a body blow’ to frontline workers, unions say

Spending Review: Government invests in training and job support schemes

Spending Review: Sector bodies set out key asks

Home education rise leaving children’s services ‘stretched’, ADCS warns

Covid-19 ‘having a devastating impact on children’s rights’

Homophobic and racist online bullying increasing, research warns

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