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MPs urge £3bn council funding injection in Spending Review
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News
- Wednesday, May 1, 2019
A funding boost of at least £3.1bn is needed to stem a children's services crisis in England, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.
Fall in DCS turnover and new appointments
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News
- Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Only 17 new director of children's services (DCS) appointments were made last year, the second lowest number recorded in the 12-year history of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS).
Extend 30 hours to more families, urges social mobility body
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News
- Tuesday, April 30, 2019
The government should extend the 30 hours childcare entitlement to all parents working eight hours a week to ensure it reaches more low-income families, the Social Mobility Commission has said.
Childhood bereavement: Helping children deal with death
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Features
- Monday, April 29, 2019
Childhood bereavement is common but many children don't get the support they need. Alison Penny, co-ordinator of the Childhood Bereavement Network, explores the issues and potential solutions.
Union warns of deepening social work crisis in Scotland
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News
- Tuesday, April 23, 2019
A social work crisis in Scotland could deepen further after it emerged that a child was left to sleep on a sofa for three months at a residential unit, the Scottish Association of Social Workers (SASW) has said.
Teenage pregnancy rate falls for 10th year
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News
- Monday, April 15, 2019
The number of teenage pregnancies in England and Wales has fallen for the 10th year in a row, according to the latest government statistics.
Young people to develop youth charter with government
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News
- Thursday, April 11, 2019
A youth charter aiming to strengthen and co-ordinate national policy is to be developed with young people, the minister for civil society has announced.
Attainment gap widens for children in care
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News
- Thursday, April 11, 2019
Looked-after children's GCSE grades fell last year as the education gap with their secondary school peers worsened, according to government statistics.
'World first' internet safety laws proposed to protect children
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News
- Monday, April 8, 2019
"Pioneering" government plans for protecting children online, including with a new regulator, have been announced today.
How Kent LSCB developed a national solution for recording child deaths
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News
- Friday, April 5, 2019
A locally-developed digital solution for recording child deaths has been adopted nationally, with hopes that it will help prevent deaths in the future.
Guide to measure loneliness
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Features
- Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Feeling lonely can harm children's wellbeing, so a new guide aims to help charities identify the problem.
Legal Update: Preventative and early intervention services
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Features
- Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Early help prevents problems faced by children and families from escalating, but funding pressures have seen services scaled back.
Statutory RSE: 5 key questions
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Features
- Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Expert outlines issues for school leaders when implementing relationships and sex education reforms.
Teaching in schools grant
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Funding
- Tuesday, March 26, 2019
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has launched a new funding round aimed at supporting projects that improve attainment for disadvantaged children and young people.
Shared Picture Book Reading and Language Development
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Research
- Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Training parents to share picture books with their children has long been seen as a strategy to support development through scaffolding early cognition and language development.
DfE pledges £31m to address educational psychologist shortages
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News
- Thursday, March 21, 2019
The Department for Education is to plough an extra £31.6m into educational psychology training after it emerged that two thirds of councils are struggling to fill vacant roles.
Food campaigners back long-awaited healthy schools rating scheme
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News
- Thursday, March 21, 2019
A group of more than 30 healthy food campaigners are calling on the government to bring in proposals it made almost three years ago to rate schools on how well they are promoting children's health and combating obesity.
Stoke-on-Trent rated 'inadequate' amid child protection concerns
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News
- Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Stoke-on-Trent City Council's children's services department is failing to protect children and is blighted by "poor leadership", according to a damning Ofsted report.
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