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Government reveals extent of council education funding cuts

News

Friday, December 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has confirmed the extent of cuts to council funding for education support services next year.

Fifth of Ofsted staff plan to leave within a year

News

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

| CYP Now

One in five Ofsted staff want to quit the inspectorate, according to a survey of its workers.

SEN inspection plans 'unsustainable', say children's services chiefs

News

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to assess an area's special educational needs (SEN) provision are "untimely and unsustainable", according to the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS).

Government signals intention to send more vulnerable children to boarding schools

News

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

| CYP Now

The government is stepping up efforts to expand the use of boarding schools for vulnerable children on the edge of care.

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

Other

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Measures announced in the Chancellor's Spending Review will result in core funding for councils falling 24 per cent in real terms over the next four years. How will this affect children, young people and their families?

Good Idea: College prepares young people for armed forces

Best Practice

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

A specialist training college aimed at helping young people get fit and ready for careers in the armed forces and public service sector has set up its first London base.

Signs of progress in Doncaster

Other

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Head of Doncaster's children's trust says improvements have been made, but warns it is not "out of the woods".

Architect of inspection: Jacky Tiotto, director of children's services, Bexley

Other

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Jacky Tiotto, director of children's services at Bexley Council.

Children's services chief sacked after just four months in job

News

Friday, November 6, 2015

| CYP Now

A director of children's services has been sacked after being in post for just four months, it has emerged.

Former ADCS president Alan Wood to retire

News

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) Alan Wood will retire from his post in Hackney at the end of the year, it has been announced.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Play club makes wishes come true

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Y-Kids Redhill, Surrey - play scheme inspection - August 2015

Hampshire DCS set to take on chief executive role

News

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Hampshire's director of children's services John Coughlan is set to be appointed as the council's chief executive next week.

Children's services leaders: When are two hats better than one?

Other

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Some local authorities have combined the functions of director of children's services with those of other top-tier managers. Joe Lepper explores the benefits and potential pitfalls of different approaches.

Ask The Experts: Ensure nursery outings are safe

Other

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on planning a nursery trip; safely examining online grooming; boosting workers' skills and police complaints.

Behind the Inspection Rating: PRU succeeds in raising grades

Other

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Heybridge Alternative Provision School, Essex - Pupil referral unit inspection - July 2015

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

Other

Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.

Labour conference: Councils should get academy intervention powers, says Powell

News

Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities would be given greater powers to improve school standards under a Labour government, the party's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell has said.

Timescales hinder SEN reforms

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils struggle to provide education, health and care plans within the required deadlines, say campaigners

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

A new round of government funding through the Delivering Differently for Young People programme will aim to help more local authorities develop effective models of providing youth services at a reduced cost

Focus on market risks losing sight of the child

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

There has been the scent of revolution in the air recently. First, Jeremy Corbyn won a landslide Labour leadership election on an anti-austerity ticket that was the antithesis of New Labour (Analysis, p10). Then the man he hopes to one day replace in Downing Street, David Cameron, used a speech on the "smarter state" to outline the government's intention to pick up the pace of reform in children's services by handing "failing" children's social care services to third-party providers (Analysis, p8).

Ask the Experts: Get the best from governing bodies

Best Practice

Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on school governing bodies, new youth club members, nursery transitions and learning from job interviews.

Democratic mandate is key to councils standing test of time

Other

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

| CYP Now

As long as I have worked in the sector - and that goes back to 1973 when I started out as a teacher - local authorities have been criticised by schools, the voluntary sector and central government.

Specialists key to childcare offer

Other

Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Educational psychology services are vital to ensure the free childcare expansion succeeds, says Kate Fallon.

Support for care leavers deteriorating, watchdog finds

News

Friday, July 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Support for vulnerable young people leaving care has deteriorated over the past decade, a critical report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

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Government reveals extent of council education funding cuts

Fifth of Ofsted staff plan to leave within a year

SEN inspection plans 'unsustainable', say children's services chiefs

Government signals intention to send more vulnerable children to boarding schools

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

Good Idea: College prepares young people for armed forces

Signs of progress in Doncaster

Architect of inspection: Jacky Tiotto, director of children's services, Bexley

Children's services chief sacked after just four months in job

Former ADCS president Alan Wood to retire

Behind the Inspection Rating: Play club makes wishes come true

Hampshire DCS set to take on chief executive role

Children's services leaders: When are two hats better than one?

Ask The Experts: Ensure nursery outings are safe

Behind the Inspection Rating: PRU succeeds in raising grades

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

Labour conference: Councils should get academy intervention powers, says Powell

Timescales hinder SEN reforms

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

Focus on market risks losing sight of the child

Ask the Experts: Get the best from governing bodies

Democratic mandate is key to councils standing test of time

Specialists key to childcare offer

Support for care leavers deteriorating, watchdog finds

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