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MPs to probe ministers over dangerous concrete in schools

Thursday, September 7, 2023

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MPs are set to question ministers over the disruption caused by dangerous concrete in school buildings, following the Department for Education’s publication of a list of all affected institutions.

Half of cost-of-living support in most schools going to non-pupil premium children

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Thursday, September 7, 2023

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School leaders are reporting that half their cost-of-living support, including school uniform and food parcels, are going to children who are not eligible to receive pupil premium funding.

LEGO launches Braille bricks

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

| CYP Now

LEGO has released its first set of Braille bricks to the public to boost access to play for children who are blind or have blind family members.

Tower Hamlets Council first to roll out universal free school meals

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Tower Hamlets has become the first council in England to roll out universal free school meals to primary and secondary school pupils.

Ofsted chief inspector nominee calls for urgent attendance review

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

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The leader of a multi-academy trust tipped to be Ofsted’s next chief inspector has urged the inspectorate to carry out an urgent thematic review of attendance in schools.

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).

RAAC school closures: Children’s commissioner warns of impact on vulnerable pupils

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Monday, September 4, 2023

| CYP Now

The children’s commissioner for England has warned of the impact of school closures related to dangerous concrete on the most vulnerable children.

Record number of children struggling with speech and language difficulties

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Monday, September 4, 2023

| CYP Now

A record number of school pupils are now facing speech and language difficulties, according to research.

Inspectors criticise council’s SEND provision in damning report

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Oldham are being let down by "widespread and systemic failings” in support services, inspectors have warned.

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.

Disadvantaged pupils ‘worst affected’ by post-pandemic GCSE mark down

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Education sector leaders have raised concerns that pupils from disadvantaged communities are among the worst affected by a failure to consider the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on GCSE grading.

Government expands early years SENCO training

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

| CYP Now

A further 2,000 early years staff are set to benefit from a government expansion of training for special educational needs co-ordinators (SENCOs).

Children referred to social care more likely to fail core GCSEs, charity warns

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

| CYP Now

Children who have been referred to social care are twice as likely to fail an English or maths GCSE than their peers, research warns.

Former Ofsted chief to chair education charity

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

| CYP Now

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has appointed Ofsted’s former chief inspector Christine Gilbert as its next chair.

A-level results signal ‘growing disparity’ for disadvantaged pupils

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

| CYP Now

A-level results, awarded to pupils in the first cohort to return to standard grading after the pandemic, signal a “growing disparity” in academic achievement between pupils from poorer families and their more well off peers, experts say.

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.

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MPs to probe ministers over dangerous concrete in schools

Half of cost-of-living support in most schools going to non-pupil premium children

LEGO launches Braille bricks

Tower Hamlets Council first to roll out universal free school meals

Ofsted chief inspector nominee calls for urgent attendance review

New local government and social care ombudsman announced

RAAC school closures: Children’s commissioner warns of impact on vulnerable pupils

Record number of children struggling with speech and language difficulties

Inspectors criticise council’s SEND provision in damning report

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

Disadvantaged pupils ‘worst affected’ by post-pandemic GCSE mark down

Government expands early years SENCO training

Children referred to social care more likely to fail core GCSEs, charity warns

Former Ofsted chief to chair education charity

A-level results signal ‘growing disparity’ for disadvantaged pupils

Mandatory reporting professionals list ‘too narrow’, warn campaigners

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

Councils push for virtual schools review

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