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Financial support for 16- to 19-year-olds in education or training

Friday, April 15, 2011

| CYP Now

What is it all about? Following the decision to scrap the education maintenance allowance (EMA), the government has announced its proposals to support young people who were receiving it and to introduce a 16 to 19 Bursary Fund from September.

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.

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, DfE spending, and school safeguarding

Other

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Disabled children will not be forced to share a room under the 'bedroom tax' changes, rules the High Court; Labour accuses the government of "reckless" spending at the DfE; and Ofsted admits inspection failings of troubled SEN school, in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child exploitation, Stoke cuts, and school regulation

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Thursday, November 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Child sexual exploitation review launched by Barnardo's and MP; Stoke council outlines plans for children's services changes; and Michael Gove wants regional regulators for free schools and academies, all in the news today.

Call for MPs to champion youth job opportunities

News

Monday, April 7, 2014

| CYP Now

All MPs must take responsibility for reducing the number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet), the chief executive of Youth Employment UK has said.

Daily roundup: Out-of-work benefits, school preparedness, and legal system

Other

Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

New sanctions introduced for long-term unemployed; schoolchildren still wearing nappies study finds; and children to give evidence away from court through pilot study, all in the news today.

Neet young people to lose out under data sharing changes, warns LGA

News

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Support for young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) will be hampered by a change in the way university admissions data is shared with councils, claims the Local Government Association.

Daily roundup: Free schools, outdoor play and mental health

Other

Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Gove under fire over free school funding; outdoor play helps cut cancer risk; and young people are most lonely, all in the news today.

Ofsted considers merging early years, schools and FE inspections

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted is looking at plans to merge its early years, schools and further education inspections under a single framework.

Ofsted warns over Neet risk of new study programmes

News

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Low-quality study programmes are increasing young people's chances of dropping out of school and training post-16, a report has warned.

EBacc marks return to social and educational divide

Other

Monday, October 15, 2012

| CYP Now

A cynical turn of phrase for the Department for Education 20 years ago was DeafEar, and I suspect the new EBacc may suffer from the same sort of ridicule - as the EBack or Education Backwards.

Employers including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic to help run new technical colleges

News

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

| CYP Now

British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Jaguar Land Rover are among the local employers signed up to help educate young people at 15 new university technical colleges set to open in 2013 and 2014.

University challenge: help for care leavers

Features

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

| CYP Now

Care-experienced young people are significantly less likely to attend university than their peers. Experts explore what support needs to be in place for them to access the benefits of higher education.

School league tables to omit thousands of vocational qualifications

News

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

| CYP Now

More than 3,000 vocational qualifications will be excluded from school performance league tables from January 2015, the government has announced.

Young people pushed into 'dead end' vocational courses

News

Thursday, March 3, 2011

| CYP Now

Many 14- to 16-year-olds are encouraged to undertake vocational courses that lead them to a "dead end", according to Professor Alison Wolf's review of vocational education.

Ofsted to regain control of school and further education inspections

News

Thursday, May 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted will bring the management of all school and further education inspections back in-house, the inspectorate has confirmed.

Daily roundup: Mental health, children in Birmingham, and Savile

Other

Monday, June 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Doctors sending children long distances to get mental health treatment; independent review to investigate life for children in Birmingham; and Savile victim numbers grow to more than 500 research shows, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Parenting, historical child abuse, and school dinners

Other

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Wilshaw calls for fines for parents not supporting their child's education; MPs back inquiry into historical child abuse cases; and new school meal standards limit unhealthy foods, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Early education, youth employment, and care proceedings

Other

Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Labour to look at boosting school nurseries; fewer young people in work than over-50s; and figures reveal number of mothers with multiple children taken into care, all in the news today.

30,000 adolescents disengaged despite raised participation age, figures show

News

Thursday, June 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Almost 30,000 16-year-olds were not in education or training at the end of 2013 despite the government raising the participation age to 17, official figures reveal.

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Financial support for 16- to 19-year-olds in education or training

London authorities exceed apprenticeship pledge

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, DfE spending, and school safeguarding

Daily roundup: Child exploitation, Stoke cuts, and school regulation

Call for MPs to champion youth job opportunities

Daily roundup: Out-of-work benefits, school preparedness, and legal system

Neet young people to lose out under data sharing changes, warns LGA

Daily roundup: Free schools, outdoor play and mental health

Ofsted considers merging early years, schools and FE inspections

Ofsted warns over Neet risk of new study programmes

EBacc marks return to social and educational divide

Employers including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic to help run new technical colleges

University challenge: help for care leavers

School league tables to omit thousands of vocational qualifications

Young people pushed into 'dead end' vocational courses

Ofsted to regain control of school and further education inspections

Daily roundup: Mental health, children in Birmingham, and Savile

Daily roundup: Parenting, historical child abuse, and school dinners

Daily roundup: Early education, youth employment, and care proceedings

30,000 adolescents disengaged despite raised participation age, figures show

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