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Teenage mental health research gets £35m funding boost

Monday, October 7, 2019

The government is to invest £35m into speeding up the identification of mental health problems among teenagers.

Ofsted warns councils over illegal schools 'con'

Thursday, October 3, 2019

Ofsted has warned councils to carry out robust checks to ensure they are not being conned into placing vulnerable children in illegal schools.

ADCS raises concerns over care home workforce regulation

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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Directors of children's services have raised concerns over government plans to ensure there is professional regulation for care staff in children's homes.

Poverty leads to unequal access to education, report says

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Tuesday, September 3, 2019

The impact that poverty can have on children's ability to learn and succeed at school has been revealed by latest research.

Youth group visits to Parliament available

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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Youth groups are being offered free visits to Parliament during school holidays.

Parents 'forced to pay' for SEND checks after council failures

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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Parents are having to pay privately for their children's special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to be assessed due to failures in council and health organisation support, inspectors have found.

DfE commissioner to oversee council's 'inadequate' children's services

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

The Department for Education has appointed a commissioner to oversee children's services at Medway Council after Ofsted found social workers dealing with "exceptionally high" individual caseloads of up to 55 children.

Government considers 'inclusivity incentives' for schools to tackle exclusions

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Thursday, October 18, 2018

The government is to look at incentivising schools to be more inclusive, in response to a critical report from MPs into the increasing number of children being excluded and placed in alternative provision.

Mental health checks for looked-after children to begin in June 2019

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Children will start receiving mental health assessments when they enter the care system from June 2019 as part of a delayed pilot project, it has emerged.

Young people in coastal areas 'less able to access mental health support'

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Friday, October 12, 2018

Children with mental health problems in many coastal areas across Britain are less able to access support despite having greater need, according to evidence submitted to a parliamentary inquiry.

One in four children turned away by mental health services

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Sunday, October 7, 2018

Children's mental health services are struggling to cope with a rise in demand and are turning away as many as one in four young people referred for support, a report has found.

Government to launch £200m youth fund to tackle violent crime

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Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Projects that support vulnerable children will be given the opportunity to access a new £200m fund as part of efforts to tackle serious youth violence, Home Secretary Sajid Javid will announce today.

Councils set to 'trailblaze' projects to tackle child obesity

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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Funding of £1.5m will be provided to five councils to pioneer innovative local efforts to tackle childhood obesity, it has been announced.

Children's services 'fail to support children of disabled parents'

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Children's social care services risk unnecessarily separating children from disabled parents through misunderstanding their conditions and weak joint working with adult services, research has claimed.

Multi-agency unit to tackle 'county lines' crime launches

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Friday, September 21, 2018

A £3.6m unit to tackle "county lines" crime where gangs from urban areas exploit children to establish drug-dealing networks in rural areas has launched.

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Teenage mental health research gets £35m funding boost

Ofsted warns councils over illegal schools 'con'

ADCS raises concerns over care home workforce regulation

Poverty leads to unequal access to education, report says

Youth group visits to Parliament available

Parents 'forced to pay' for SEND checks after council failures

DfE commissioner to oversee council's 'inadequate' children's services

Government considers 'inclusivity incentives' for schools to tackle exclusions

Mental health checks for looked-after children to begin in June 2019

Young people in coastal areas 'less able to access mental health support'

One in four children turned away by mental health services

Government to launch £200m youth fund to tackle violent crime

Councils set to 'trailblaze' projects to tackle child obesity

Children's services 'fail to support children of disabled parents'

Multi-agency unit to tackle 'county lines' crime launches

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