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Youth charity The Challenge goes into administration

Thursday, November 28, 2019

Youth charity the Challenge has gone into administration just three months after losing a major contract with the National Citizen Service (NCS).

General election: British Youth Council urges parties to tackle child poverty and improve mental health support

News

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

The British Youth Council (BYC) has challenged all political parties to respond to their calls to take on child poverty and mental health services ahead of the general election.

How can we help young people with a social worker to thrive in education?

Research

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Doing well in school is among the strongest predictors of future life success. Although the relationship isn’t perfect – some people succeed without many or any qualifications, or return to education later in life – this relationship is important. Ensuring that young people can access and achieve in education is a priority for well-functioning societies.

General election 2019: Welfare and care

Other

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Almost 700 children at risk of domestic violence every day, study shows

News

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Almost 700 children are identified as being at risk of domestic violence in the UK every day, with many more cases going unreported, new figures reveal.

ADCS calls for shake up of ‘failing’ youth mental health services

News

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Mental health services are “failing” young people and are in need of a major overhaul, according to the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS).

Skipping breakfast linked to lower GCSE grades

News

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Students who regularly skipped breakfast before school achieved lower GCSE grades than those who frequently ate a morning meal, new research reveals.

Brexit red tape 'puts looked-after children at risk of homelessness'

News

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

EU-national children in care living in the UK are at risk of homelessness and deportation due to government red tape surrounding Brexit, according to an immigration charity.

MoJ confirms delay to secure school opening

News

Friday, November 8, 2019

Plans to open England's first "secure school" next year, as part of efforts to improve the rehabilitation of young offenders, have been delayed.

Election 2019: Charity calls for free private school places for disadvantaged pupils

News

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Overhauling the private school system to allocate places to disadvantaged children based on academic achievement not money is among demands being made ahead of the general election by social mobility charity The Sutton Trust.

Pledge to close all child prisons in election manifestos, urge campaigners

News

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

All prisons for children should be closed and young people only prosecuted as a last resort, according to a raft of demands from a coalition of more than 70 children's organisations.

DfE orders 'inadequate' council to find improvement partner by January

News

Friday, November 1, 2019

A struggling children's services department has been given until January to identify another council with which it can enter into a formal partnership to help turn around provision.

In the November edition of CYP Now: Children Act 1989; character education; and children's services inspections

News

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

To mark the 30th anniversary of the Children Act 1989 receiving Royal Assent, the latest edition of CYP Now looks at how this seminal piece of legislation left a lasting legacy for the way practitioners help and protect vulnerable children.