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'Overwhelming' response to Gove's academy offer

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

| CYP Now

More than 1,000 schools have applied to become academies just one week after Education Secretary Michael Gove wrote to all primary and secondary schools inviting them to join the academies programme.

London authorities exceed apprenticeship pledge

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Local authorities across London have offered more than 1,820 apprenticeships in council services to young people aged 16 to 24 since January 2009.

Balls calls on parents to support school discipline

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

| CYP Now

Children's Secretary Ed Balls has said parents must support schools in disciplining children.

Agencies should be offered financial incentive to invest in early intervention, claims taskforce

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

| CYP Now

The government should explore methods for sharing profits from early intervention work to encourage agencies to finance it, the first report of a new taskforce has said.

Aynsley-Green criticises coalition's move to rename children's department

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Thursday, July 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Former children's commissioner for England Sir Al Aynsley-Green is concerned the Department for Education (DfE) is too focused on schools and will "reinvent the disasters of the past" across children's services.

LGA survey shows support for ringfencing school funding

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Monday, July 5, 2010

| CYP Now

Just under a third of people want to see school funding protected from cuts, according to a Local Government Association (LGA) survey.

ADCS president warns schools policy could create two-tier system

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Thursday, July 8, 2010

| CYP Now

Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) president Marion Davis has delivered a devastating critique of the coalition government's schools policy.

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2010 announced

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

| CYP Now

A group of looked-after children who produced a film about domestic abuse and a national campaign to change perceptions of young people with facial disfigurements were among the winners of this year's Children & Young People Now Awards.

Challenging schools lack shared positive culture, report reveals

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Friday, November 19, 2010

| CYP Now

Half of teachers working in some of the UK's most deprived areas say their schools do not have a clear set of values for all staff and pupils to share.

Conservative conference: Give projects time, urges Action for Children chief

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

| CYP Now

New initiatives should be given time to "bed down" before decisions are made about their future, the chief executive of Action for Children (formerly NCH) has said.

Lottery funding for English play projects

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Monday, October 13, 2008

| CYP Now

The Big Lottery Fund has announced 3 million pounds worth of funding to be handed out to 16 inclusive play projects across England.

Schools will receive pupil premium for all children entitled to free school meals

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Monday, December 13, 2010

| CYP Now

Schools are to be given an extra 430 pupil premium for all children entitled to free school meals or living in care, the government has announced.

Lincolnshire academies accused of discrimination

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Friday, January 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Lincolnshire County Council is to investigate claims that some local academies are "subtly dissuading" parents of children with special education needs (SEN) from applying for a place at their school.

Pupil premium 'will offer less support for London's children'

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Friday, December 17, 2010

| CYP Now

Deprived children and young people in London will receive less support through the pupil premium than their counterparts in the rest of England, London Councils has warned.

Abolition of education allowance will prevent students from travelling to college, survey finds

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Monday, January 17, 2011

| CYP Now

The abolition of education maintenance allowance (EMA) payments will leave students struggling to travel to and from college, a survey of further education professionals has found.

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'Overwhelming' response to Gove's academy offer

London authorities exceed apprenticeship pledge

Balls calls on parents to support school discipline

Agencies should be offered financial incentive to invest in early intervention, claims taskforce

Aynsley-Green criticises coalition's move to rename children's department

LGA survey shows support for ringfencing school funding

ADCS president warns schools policy could create two-tier system

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2010 announced

Challenging schools lack shared positive culture, report reveals

Conservative conference: Give projects time, urges Action for Children chief

Lottery funding for English play projects

Schools will receive pupil premium for all children entitled to free school meals

Lincolnshire academies accused of discrimination

Pupil premium 'will offer less support for London's children'

Abolition of education allowance will prevent students from travelling to college, survey finds

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