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Degree courses for children's professionals launched

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

| CYP Now

New postgraduate degree programmes, designed to promote better communication between professionals working with children and young people, were launched at a Birmingham university today.

Pilots to inform plan to raise education participation age

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

| CYP Now

The government will use good practice from a 1m pilot scheme to help preparations to raise the compulsory age at which young people complete education and training.

Atkinson: More work needed on schools white paper

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

| CYP Now

Maggie Atkinson, former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services and the next children's commissioner, has hit out at critics of her independence by criticising the schools white paper.

Police chiefs want more officers in schools

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

| CYP Now

The body that represents police force heads has called for a scheme that places officers in schools to be extended.

Learning disabled gain events at school sport competition

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Monday, February 4, 2008

| CYP Now

Specific events for children and young people with learning difficulties are being planned for the UK School Games.

One in four academies having financial problems, NAO report reveals

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Friday, September 10, 2010

| CYP Now

A quarter of all existing academies rely on government bailouts to avoid financial ruin, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report.

Labour Conference 2010: Coalition has got academies policy wrong, says RSA director

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

| CYP Now

The director of education at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts (RSA) has condemned the coalition government's policy on academies.

Scottish education system sets global example

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Friday, August 29, 2008

| CYP Now

Education experts from across the globe are visiting Scotland to learn about the country's education system.

Conservative Conference 2010: Schools minister condemns volume of Labour guidance

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Monday, October 4, 2010

| CYP Now

Schools minister Lord Hill has criticised the Labour government for saddling head teachers with too much guidance, saying more freedoms will boost school achievement.

Gove faces legal challenge over scrapping Building Schools for the Future

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

| CYP Now

Three local authorities have launched legal proceedings against the government over the decision to scrap the multi-billion-pound Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.

Scottish scheme to revamp 250 school buildings

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Thursday, September 11, 2008

| CYP Now

Scotland's education secretary has announced 100,000 pupils will have their crumbling schools replaced with cutting-edge new buildings by 2011.

SATs results delayed due to technical issues

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Friday, July 4, 2008

| CYP Now

The release of this year's Key Stage 2 and 3 SATs results will suffer "some delays", the government has admitted.

Commons vote passes Academies Bill

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

| CYP Now

The Academies Bill is to become law today (27 July) after being passed by MPs in its final parliamentary stages.

School staff told not to do the work of colleagues on strike

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

| CYP Now

Education professionals who are not striking are being reminded not to take on extra work while their colleagues join the picket lines during tomorrow's mass strike action.

Better communication needed to stop children going missing from education, says Ofsted

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Monday, August 16, 2010

| CYP Now

Academies and independent schools must improve communication with local authorities to ensure children do not go missing from education, Ofsted inspectors have warned.

Government adviser Andrew Povey questions efficacy of safeguarding boards, YJB and Cafcass

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

| CYP Now

A government adviser has suggested Local Safeguarding Children Boards and the Youth Justice Board are unnecessary, and that the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) should be scrapped.

Qualified young people now more likely to be Neet

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

| CYP Now

Young people with A-levels and degrees are far more likely to be Neet (not in education, employment or training) than two years ago, according to latest research.

DCSF should cut emissions to encourage schools

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

| CYP Now

The Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF) should cut carbon emissions to set an example to schools, an independent advisor has said.

Tories launch inquiry on exams and testing

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Monday, July 21, 2008

| CYP Now

The Conservative Party has launched an inquiry into testing, assessment and exams.

Balls "anger" over SATs fiasco

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

| CYP Now

Children's secretary, Ed Balls, has expressed his "frustration and anger" at the delayed SATs results fiasco.

Torbay Council set to decide on cuts to children's services

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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

| CYP Now

Torbay Council has proposed cutting nearly 200,000 from its children's services budgets.

Individual budget pilots struggle to attract education funding for famillies with disabled children

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Thursday, August 26, 2010

| CYP Now

A government pilot aiming to give families of disabled children control over money allocated to them struggled to get funding from education sources, according to an evaluation.

Plymouth City Council refutes cheese ban

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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

| CYP Now

A local authority has hit back at reports claiming it has banned cheese from school menus.

After-school activities 'out of reach' of poorer parents

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

| CYP Now

Nearly two-thirds of parents cannot afford to send their children to after-school activities that have a positive impact on their educational performance, according to latest research.

Teachers need more support in delivering emotional learning

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Thursday, December 4, 2008

| CYP Now

Teachers need more training and support to deliver the government's emotional learning scheme for primary schools, according to a children's charity.

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Degree courses for children's professionals launched

Pilots to inform plan to raise education participation age

Atkinson: More work needed on schools white paper

Police chiefs want more officers in schools

Learning disabled gain events at school sport competition

One in four academies having financial problems, NAO report reveals

Labour Conference 2010: Coalition has got academies policy wrong, says RSA director

Scottish education system sets global example

Conservative Conference 2010: Schools minister condemns volume of Labour guidance

Gove faces legal challenge over scrapping Building Schools for the Future

Scottish scheme to revamp 250 school buildings

SATs results delayed due to technical issues

Commons vote passes Academies Bill

School staff told not to do the work of colleagues on strike

Better communication needed to stop children going missing from education, says Ofsted

Government adviser Andrew Povey questions efficacy of safeguarding boards, YJB and Cafcass

Qualified young people now more likely to be Neet

DCSF should cut emissions to encourage schools

Tories launch inquiry on exams and testing

Balls "anger" over SATs fiasco

Torbay Council set to decide on cuts to children's services

Individual budget pilots struggle to attract education funding for famillies with disabled children

Plymouth City Council refutes cheese ban

After-school activities 'out of reach' of poorer parents

Teachers need more support in delivering emotional learning

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