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New Year's Honours celebrate sector's work

Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The chief executive of Family Action is among more than 100 people, including youth workers, foster carers and health professionals, awarded a New Year's honour in recognition of their work with children and young people.

Call for school sport to tackle 'crisis of inactivity'

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Friday, February 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Schools need to take greater responsibility in addressing a "crisis of inactivity" among children and young people, the chair of the Youth Sport Trust has said.

Government proposes staff ratio changes for out-of-school care

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Friday, February 14, 2014

| CYP Now

The National Day Nurseries Association has criticised government plans to lower staff ratios for five- to seven-year-olds in out-of-school care.

Substance misuse programme to educate 250,000 schoolchildren

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Charities Addaction and The Amy Winehouse Foundation are to teach 250,000 English secondary school pupils about the dangers of substance misuse thanks to a £4.3m Big Lottery Fund grant.

Children and Families Act: Charities laud expansion of free school meals

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Friday, March 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's charities have welcomed the legislation of a reform that will see all infant-aged primary school children receive free school meals from September.

Call for MPs to champion youth job opportunities

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Monday, April 7, 2014

| CYP Now

All MPs must take responsibility for reducing the number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet), the chief executive of Youth Employment UK has said.

Neet young people to lose out under data sharing changes, warns LGA

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Support for young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) will be hampered by a change in the way university admissions data is shared with councils, claims the Local Government Association.

Blunkett calls for standards tsars to improve school performance

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The introduction of schools standards "tsars" with powers to intervene in all schools is key to tackling under performance, according to a new report backed by the Labour Party.

School absence rates show significant fall

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is claiming victory for its tough love approach to tackling truancy, after latest figures show a drop in the overall and persistent absentee rates of pupils.

Ofsted considers merging early years, schools and FE inspections

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted is looking at plans to merge its early years, schools and further education inspections under a single framework.

MPs hear DfE blocked council intervention in Birmingham school

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

An early attempt by Birmingham City Council to intervene in a troubled school was rejected by the Department for Education, MPs have heard.

Ofsted warns over Neet risk of new study programmes

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Low-quality study programmes are increasing young people's chances of dropping out of school and training post-16, a report has warned.

Civil liberties group renews call for school census boycott

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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

| CYP Now

Civil liberties campaign group Liberty has reiterated its call for parents to boycott the school census despite the government issuing revised guidance on how pupil data should be collected.

Councils seek more free schools to meet rising SEND demand in London

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Friday, September 8, 2017

| CYP Now

London council leaders are calling on the government to focus its free school programme on creating more school places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Which? survey finds one third of young people miss out on one-to-one advice

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Monday, August 13, 2012

| CYP Now

More than a third of under 19-year-olds received no one-to-one advice from a teacher or careers adviser when choosing whether or not to pursue higher education, a survey by the consumer group Which? has found.

May vows to tackle disparities affecting children's life chances

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

| CYP Now

Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to tackle race disparities and challenge public services over how they treat people, highlighting a number of injustices facing children and young people.

MPs slam minister for failing to tackle sexual abuse in schools

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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

| CYP Now

The minister responsible for tackling sexual harassment and violence in schools has been strongly criticised by MPs for failing to do more to address the issue.

Government attacked for management of free school projects

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Monday, September 3, 2012

| CYP Now

The government's handling of the free school programme has come under fire with accusations of wasted money and unfair treatment.

Review highlights shortcomings in children's mental health services

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Thursday, October 26, 2017

| CYP Now

A review into children's mental health services ordered by Prime Minister Theresa May has found that the current system is hard to access, difficult to navigate and isn't safe enough.

Barnardo's teams up with KFC on work scheme for vulnerable young people

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Friday, September 14, 2012

| CYP Now

?Up to 100 young people, including care leavers and young people with disabilities, are to be offered unpaid work placements at KFC, as part of a partnership between the fast food chain and Barnardo's.

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New Year's Honours celebrate sector's work

Call for school sport to tackle 'crisis of inactivity'

Government proposes staff ratio changes for out-of-school care

Substance misuse programme to educate 250,000 schoolchildren

Children and Families Act: Charities laud expansion of free school meals

Call for MPs to champion youth job opportunities

Neet young people to lose out under data sharing changes, warns LGA

Blunkett calls for standards tsars to improve school performance

School absence rates show significant fall

Ofsted considers merging early years, schools and FE inspections

MPs hear DfE blocked council intervention in Birmingham school

Ofsted warns over Neet risk of new study programmes

Civil liberties group renews call for school census boycott

Councils seek more free schools to meet rising SEND demand in London

Which? survey finds one third of young people miss out on one-to-one advice

May vows to tackle disparities affecting children's life chances

MPs slam minister for failing to tackle sexual abuse in schools

Government attacked for management of free school projects

Review highlights shortcomings in children's mental health services

Barnardo's teams up with KFC on work scheme for vulnerable young people

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