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Queen's Speech: Sector welcomes Children and Social Work Bill

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has set out plans to reform children's social care through a Children and Social Work Bill, with the proposals being broadly well received by the sector.

Council failings left disabled twins without necessary support, ombudsman finds

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Monday, August 8, 2022

| CYP Now

Liverpool City Council failed to provide two teenage siblings with the support they needed for 18 months, the local government and social care ombudsman (LGO) has found.

Sunak’s New Year speech slammed over 'missing key priorities' for children

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Friday, January 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Social work and early years leaders have criticised the Prime Minister’s New Year speech, saying he failed to address several key priorities for children and young people.

Learning providers call for payment-by-results in schools

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

| CYP Now

Schools should be subject to a payment-by-results system of funding dependent on their pupils' maths and English GCSE results, apprenticeship providers have claimed.

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

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Monday, December 10, 2012

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner should be given stronger powers, while the title of the role should be changed to include "young people", an influential group of MPs and peers has said.

Call to extend free school meals to all children in poverty

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Friday, December 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Nearly three quarters of teachers say children they teach have arrived at school without lunch or any money to buy food, a study by The Children's Society has found.

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

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Monday, January 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to cap benefit payments until 2015 will reverse efforts to reduce child poverty and plunder the income of low- to middle-earning families, charities have warned.

ADCS president Alan Wood backs councils to drive social care improvement

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said local authorities need to be at the centre of driving improvement in children's services.

Schools to compete for £10,000 pupil premium award

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Monday, May 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Schools will be asked to compete to find the best ways of spending the pupil premium, with those using the money most effectively winning £10,000, Deputy Prime minister Nick Clegg has said.

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms will create a two-tier system of support for children with disabilities, campaigners have warned.

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Low wages, welfare changes and taxes will push down living standards for 690,000 more children in the next two years, the union federation claims.

Sexual harrassment of young women widespread, finds report

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Friday, November 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Almost three quarters of young women fall victim to sexual harassment in schools and colleges, a new report reveals.

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Act has received royal assent, ushering in a raft of changes including adoption reforms, greater protection for vulnerable children and shared parental leave.

Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

| CYP Now

An independent panel, set up following last summer's riots, has called for the government to give young unemployed people a guarantee of work and significantly expand its programme for troubled families.

Inspectors praise support for SEND care leavers in Cornwall

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Friday, August 25, 2017

| CYP Now

Efforts to support the health needs of looked-after children and care leavers in Cornwall have been praised by inspectors.

ADCS brands plans to reduce child protection guidance 'detrimental'

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Thursday, August 30, 2012

| CYP Now

The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned that government plans to reduce child protection guidance could be "detrimental" to professionals' ability to safeguard children.

Three North East councils consider children's services merger

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Friday, September 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Darlington, Hartlepool and Redcar & Cleveland councils are considering plans to merge the management of their social care and education departments.?

Lib Dem conference: Clegg unveils 'catch-up' premium

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Pupils struggling with English and maths when they start secondary school are to be given intensive tuition funded by a £50m "catch-up premium", the Deputy Prime Minister has announced.

School transition project set for launch

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Monday, April 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Early years providers are to develop closer working with primary schools in two English regions as part of a pilot project to improve the transition of children into formal education.

Coronavirus daily update: Friday 17 July

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Friday, July 17, 2020

| CYP Now

The government sets out plans for how its 12 Opportunity Areas will support recovery from the pandemic in England's most deprived communities.

Coronavirus: PM urged to justify decision to keep schools open

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Monday, March 16, 2020

| CYP Now

Education leaders have called on the government to postpone Ofsted inspections and explain the reasons for keeping schools open amid a coronavirus outbreak in England.

Charity urges Scottish government to meet needs of forces children

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Monday, August 22, 2022

| CYP Now

A charity supporting children in Scotland whose parents are in the armed forces has unveiled a new strategy which aims to improve outcomes for more young people from veteran or serving families.

Autumn statement 2023: Sector leaders criticise lack of measures for struggling families

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

| CYP Now

Sector leaders have criticised the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s decision to reduce National Insurance payments and increase the National Living Wage over measures to support families “at the sharp end of the cost-of-living crisis”.

Warwickshire councillors removed from children's committee over SEND comments

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Three councillors have been removed from Warwickshire County Council’s children and young people’s panel after they were heavily criticised for making “disgusting” comments about children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) during a public meeting.

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse 'must be properly funded'

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The Home Secretary's plans to push through a law requiring professionals working with young people to report child sexual abuse must be "properly funded and resourced" before being implemented, sector leaders have said.

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Queen's Speech: Sector welcomes Children and Social Work Bill

Council failings left disabled twins without necessary support, ombudsman finds

Sunak’s New Year speech slammed over 'missing key priorities' for children

Learning providers call for payment-by-results in schools

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Call to extend free school meals to all children in poverty

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

ADCS president Alan Wood backs councils to drive social care improvement

Schools to compete for £10,000 pupil premium award

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

Sexual harrassment of young women widespread, finds report

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

Inspectors praise support for SEND care leavers in Cornwall

ADCS brands plans to reduce child protection guidance 'detrimental'

Three North East councils consider children's services merger

Lib Dem conference: Clegg unveils 'catch-up' premium

School transition project set for launch

Coronavirus daily update: Friday 17 July

Coronavirus: PM urged to justify decision to keep schools open

Charity urges Scottish government to meet needs of forces children

Autumn statement 2023: Sector leaders criticise lack of measures for struggling families

Warwickshire councillors removed from children's committee over SEND comments

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse 'must be properly funded'

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