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Ofsted extends ability to pause complaints to social care and early years providers

Monday, April 8, 2024

| CYP Now

The ability to pause Ofsted inspections in circumstances where there are concerns for leaders’ wellbeing will be extended to cover children’s social care and early years providers, the inspectorate has said.

Blackpool FC chairman provides university bursary for care leavers

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

| CYP Now

British businessman and football chairman Simon Sadler has launched a £1.5 million bursary for care leavers at the University of Manchester.

Birmingham councillors approve £100m cuts to children and families services

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

Services for children, young people and families in Birmingham face a funding drop of more than £100 million after councillors approved what are thought to be the biggest budget cuts in local authority history.

Budget fails to address local authority funding crisis, sector leaders warn

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

Jeremy Hunt’s latest budget does nothing to address a funding crisis facing local authorities, sector leaders have said.

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse 'must be properly funded'

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The Home Secretary's plans to push through a law requiring professionals working with young people to report child sexual abuse must be "properly funded and resourced" before being implemented, sector leaders have said.

Recruit ‘parent champions’ to design child poverty busting measures, report urges

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

| CYP Now

Parents should be more involved in the design and delivery of services aimed at tackling ‘systemic’ child poverty in communities across the UK, a report is urging.

Oxfordshire County Council names new DCS

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Monday, November 13, 2023

| CYP Now

Oxfordshire County Council has named its new director of children’s services (DCS) following concerns over its delivery of provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

King’s Speech 2023: Key points for children and young people and what was missed

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

| CYP Now

King Charles III has laid out the government’s plans for legislation impacting children and young people as part of his first King’s Speech as monarch.

BBC Teach partners with Adoption UK to represent care experience in the classroom

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

| CYP Now

Adoption UK has joined forces with BBC Teach to design a new set of resources for teachers and children based on how to address care experience in education settings.

Children’s commissioner seeks young people’s views ahead of general election

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

| CYP Now

The children’s commissioner for England will be asking young people about their political priorities ahead of the next general election, as part of her new campaign The Big Ambition.

New local government and social care ombudsman announced

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

| CYP Now

A judge at the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal has been announced as the new permanent local government and social care ombudsman (LGO).

David Johnston appointed as children’s minister

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

David Johnston has been appointed as the Department for Education’s tenth children’s minister in just over a decade after his predecessor Claire Coutinho was promoted to Energy Secretary.

Children's minister Claire Coutinho promoted to Energy Secretary

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Claire Coutinho has been promoted to Energy and Net Zero Secretary, Downing Street has announced, meaning the Department for Education will have had seven different children's ministers since the last election.

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The September edition of Children & Young People Now has all the latest news, views and analysis on the key issues affecting services for children, young people and families.

Mandatory reporting professionals list ‘too narrow’, warn campaigners

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

| CYP Now

The list of professions that the proposed mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse is planned to cover is “too narrow”, children's rights campaign group Article 39 is warning.

Charities urge Covid-19 inquiry to stop 'silencing' children

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023

| CYP Now

Charities have hit out at “unacceptable delays” in taking evidence from children on the impact of lockdown, in an open letter to the chair of the Covid-19 inquiry Baroness Heather Hallett.

Councils push for virtual schools review

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023

| CYP Now

The County Councils Network (CCN) is calling for a government review of virtual schools, after finding them to be a “hidden asset” of the education system.

Young people in food poverty struggling to afford university, warns Sutton Trust

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Thursday, August 10, 2023

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged young people whose families have used a foodbank are less likely than their more affluent peers to apply for a university place amid affordability concerns, a study has found.

Ombudsman uncovers huge SEND complaints backlog in Kent

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Monday, July 10, 2023

| CYP Now

A backlog of 170 unanswered complaints submitted to Kent County Council over delayed support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has been uncovered during a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) investigation.

Poor mental health ‘primary driver’ for high NEET rates

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Mental health challenges and lack of confidence are the “primary drivers” preventing young people from accessing work, education or training, according to a new report.

Ministers urged to reform bursaries for social work students

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

| CYP Now

The government is being urged to increase financial support for social work students in England amid claims that just one in six people currently benefit from bursaries.

Hundreds of children in care missing from school, de Souza warns

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

| CYP Now

More than a thousand vulnerable children in the care system are missing from education and “at risk of becoming invisible” to support services, a new report from the children’s commissioner for England, the children's commissioner for England has warned.

Most teachers seeing increase in safeguarding referrals

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

| CYP Now

The majority of teachers are seeing an increase in the number of safeguarding referrals related to children facing abuse and neglect.

Council to review treatment of children with SEND

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Monday, April 3, 2023

| CYP Now

West Northamptonshire Council is set to review its treatment of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), after an ombudsman investigation revealed a number of children were left without adequate education.

Social care and education workers ‘among hardest hit’ by rising costs, charity warns

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

| CYP Now

Social care and education staff are among groups of workers being hit hardest by the cost-of-living crisis, research by the charity Food Foundation has revealed.

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Ofsted extends ability to pause complaints to social care and early years providers

Blackpool FC chairman provides university bursary for care leavers

Birmingham councillors approve £100m cuts to children and families services

Budget fails to address local authority funding crisis, sector leaders warn

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse 'must be properly funded'

Recruit ‘parent champions’ to design child poverty busting measures, report urges

Oxfordshire County Council names new DCS

King’s Speech 2023: Key points for children and young people and what was missed

BBC Teach partners with Adoption UK to represent care experience in the classroom

Children’s commissioner seeks young people’s views ahead of general election

New local government and social care ombudsman announced

David Johnston appointed as children’s minister

Children's minister Claire Coutinho promoted to Energy Secretary

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

Mandatory reporting professionals list ‘too narrow’, warn campaigners

Charities urge Covid-19 inquiry to stop 'silencing' children

Councils push for virtual schools review

Young people in food poverty struggling to afford university, warns Sutton Trust

Ombudsman uncovers huge SEND complaints backlog in Kent

Poor mental health ‘primary driver’ for high NEET rates

Ministers urged to reform bursaries for social work students

Hundreds of children in care missing from school, de Souza warns

Most teachers seeing increase in safeguarding referrals

Council to review treatment of children with SEND

Social care and education workers ‘among hardest hit’ by rising costs, charity warns

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