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Daily roundup: Carrie quits, childcare savings, and Devon criticism

Friday, May 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Barnardo's chief executive Anne Marie Carrie is to leave the charity, research suggests extending child-to-staff ratios in early years could significantly cut costs, and Ofsted slams services for vulnerable children in Devon, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Playing fields, High Court ruling on social workers and Northamptonshire children in care

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Friday, August 17, 2012

| CYP Now

A government apology over inaccurate school playing fields figures, social workers breach mum and baby's rights, and children missing from care in Northamptonshire, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Pupil premium plus, inequality in schools and retirement for the chief executive of the YJB

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Monday, September 3, 2012

| CYP Now

A call for more education funding for children in care, concerns over school provision for ethnic minority pupils, and the chief executive of the Youth Justice Board announces his intention to retire, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Disabled athletes, free schools, and children's centres in Sheffield

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Research into children's views on disability and the Paralympics, figures show one in four free school applications come from religious groups, and plans to reorganise children's centres in Sheffield, all in the news today.

Seeking the way out of child poverty

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Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Despite government promises to eliminate child poverty, figures show it is on the rise. Charlotte Goddard examines some of the key proposals for tackling poverty and explores what is working on the ground.

Daily roundup: Looked-after children, ADHD drugs, and food banks

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers want the College of Social Work to focus on looked-after children; ADHD drug prescribing rises 50 per cent in five years; and free food is offered to poor families in Birmingham, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Unemployment, digital footprints and sexual exploitation

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Fewer children in jobless households, a call for internet guidance for parents, and five arrested by police investigating the alleged rape of 15-year-old, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Single parents, online safety for autistic children and drugs education

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Monday, October 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Charity calls on government to support single parents, a guide to help autistic children use internet, and efforts to make drugs, alcohol and relationship lessons compulsory, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: 'Severe hardship' for Scottish families, parenting, and child benefit cuts

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Monday, October 22, 2012

| CYP Now

Thousands of Scottish families face multiple disadvantage, children say they want more time with parents, and a warning over impending child benefit cuts, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Academy U-turn, female genital mutilation, and Teach First to expand

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Monday, November 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Primary governors at a London school reverse their decision to convert to academy status, a 10-point action plan on female genital mutilation prosecutions is launched, and government proposals to expand Teach First, all in the news today.

Cut food waste and support food banks to tackle poverty

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

All the seasonal festivities are now behind us. The Christmas period inevitably saw countless turkeys ordered while the supermarket shelves groaned, ready for the last few days of manic stocking-up.

In Focus: Family support

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

All the research shows that it is never too early to transform a child's life chances. The school readiness gap between disadvantaged children and their peers can be as wide as 19 months on their first day of school and once children have fallen behind, their chances of catching up are slim.

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

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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?

Daily roundup: Apprenticeships, global education rankings, and immunisations

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

| CYP Now

An overhaul of apprenticeships is mooted, the UK education system is ranked sixth best in the world, and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) immunisations rise above the 90 per cent mark, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Children's commissioner, voodoo and bullying

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Review into Welsh children's commissioner role begins; United Nations' report warns of children being trafficked for witchcraft rituals; and children with special needs more likely to be bullied, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child poverty, child protection and troubled families

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Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty at lowest level for a generation, study finds; five-year-old taken into care for being overweight; and "turned around" troubled families in Sunderland don't get jobs, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: child poverty, reading habits and autism support

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty could rise by 800,000 by 2020 warn Oxfam; reading for pleasure link to child academic achievement; and teachers struggle to access autism support, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Further education cuts, tax credits and drugs statistics

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Course closures and falling rolls in colleges, the link between welfare cuts and the economic crisis and drug use among school pupils, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: The Children's Food Trust, Welsh exams, and 'annoying' young people

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

| CYP Now

The Department for Education cuts funding for the Children's Food Trust, the Welsh government decides to retain GCSEs and A levels, and concerns that the replacement for Asbos could be used "inappropriately", all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension

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Monday, March 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty adviser warns government over "muddled" reforms, £850m cut predicted for Department for Education, and Sandwell suspends children's service director, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Loughton criticism, CAMHS cutbacks and parental alcohol warning

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Monday, December 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Loughton laments government inaction on marriage tax breaks, concern over impact of cuts on children's mental health services, and parental drinking habits found to influence children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Boarding school, Kingston payoff, and the BYC manifesto

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Monday, December 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Think-tank calls for children in care to be sent to boarding school, £128,000 payoff for former director of children's services, and the British Youth Council manifesto, all in the news today.

Legal help for migrant children

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Initiative reduces destitution among migrant children.

Government's toxic approach to education is beyond satire

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Every now and then, I think about writing a satirical column on education, but before I get round to it, the world has proved that my most extreme ideas are too tame.

Help families in poverty trap

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

The steady rise in child poverty in recent years is a national disgrace, and should be a code-red priority for political parties of every hue.

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Daily roundup: Carrie quits, childcare savings, and Devon criticism

Daily roundup: Playing fields, High Court ruling on social workers and Northamptonshire children in care

Daily roundup: Pupil premium plus, inequality in schools and retirement for the chief executive of the YJB

Daily roundup: Disabled athletes, free schools, and children's centres in Sheffield

Seeking the way out of child poverty

Daily roundup: Looked-after children, ADHD drugs, and food banks

Daily roundup: Unemployment, digital footprints and sexual exploitation

Daily roundup: Single parents, online safety for autistic children and drugs education

Daily roundup: 'Severe hardship' for Scottish families, parenting, and child benefit cuts

Daily roundup: Academy U-turn, female genital mutilation, and Teach First to expand

Cut food waste and support food banks to tackle poverty

In Focus: Family support

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

Daily roundup: Apprenticeships, global education rankings, and immunisations

Daily roundup: Children's commissioner, voodoo and bullying

Daily roundup: Child poverty, child protection and troubled families

Daily roundup: child poverty, reading habits and autism support

Daily roundup: Further education cuts, tax credits and drugs statistics

Daily roundup: The Children's Food Trust, Welsh exams, and 'annoying' young people

Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension

Daily roundup: Loughton criticism, CAMHS cutbacks and parental alcohol warning

Daily roundup: Boarding school, Kingston payoff, and the BYC manifesto

Legal help for migrant children

Government's toxic approach to education is beyond satire

Help families in poverty trap

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