Search Results
Found 26 results for .
Editorial: Cuts to council funding create a fool's economy
-
Other
- Tuesday, January 6, 2015 | CYP Now
There was little festive cheer in the draft local government funding settlement for 2015/16 delivered by ministers just before the Christmas break.
DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers
-
Other
- Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | CYP Now
In what ended up as an explosive exit interview, Tim Loughton lifted the lid on the inner workings of the Department for Education at a select committee hearing last week with the department's former ministers.
Creative thinking is vital for children's centres to survive
-
Other
- Tuesday, January 21, 2014 | CYP Now
Barely a week goes by without another council announcing plans to downsize its network of children's centres. From Kent to Bradford, Northants to Nottinghamshire, children's centres, like most other local authority services in England, are being squeezed in the face of unrelenting funding cuts.
Families key to success of free childcare plans
-
Other
- Tuesday, March 19, 2013 | CYP Now
Here is something of a bombshell for the government's £1.7bn programme to offer free childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds: when these children turn five, that provision will have had no impact on their learning and development.
High-qualified early years workforce will benefit all
-
Other
- Monday, June 25, 2012 | CYP Now
Three Cs go to Professor Cathy Nutbrown's final report to the government on early years qualifications: it is clear, compelling and courageous.
'Schoolification' is not the answer to narrow the gap
-
Other
- Monday, April 14, 2014 | CYP Now
Patience is a virtue in short supply in public services, particularly among politicians and policymakers. There can be few areas where this is more evident than in education, where initiatives and overhauls of curriculums, exams and structures seem to come ever thicker and faster. A couple of weeks ago, early years providers discovered how impatient the government and its agencies are to raise standards, with the sector's record for improving the outcomes for disadvantaged children coming under scrutiny.
Editorial: Quality of childcare should win against race for places
-
Other
- Monday, August 18, 2014 | CYP Now
A key policy drive to intervene early and boost social mobility comes into force on 1 September - free childcare places for 15 hours a week will expand from 20 per cent to the 40 per cent most disadvantaged two-year-olds.
No quick fixes in turning around children's services
-
Other
- Tuesday, January 5, 2016 | CYP Now
Management standards, specifically how to deal with inadequate leadership, were very much in the news at the end of December.
Youth workers could be the missing link in PSHE
-
Other
- Monday, May 13, 2013 | CYP Now
Youth work and schools make strange bedfellows. The very essence of youth work as voluntary and non-formal is certainly at odds with the formal, compulsory nature of school.
Children need a long-term plan in this spending abyss
-
Other
- Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | CYP Now
The country might be out of recession (again), but with the size of the deficit still enormous, public spending shows no sign of returning to growth. In our special report, we examine the long-term challenges and consequences of children's services spend continuing to fall during this decade.
Current filters
Filter by
Tags
- 12 Children's Services
- 12 Management
- 11 Youth Work
- 10 Social Care
- 9 Education
- 7 Health
- 6 Service Configuration
- 6 Youth Justice