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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

| CYP Now

What the act means for everyday practice across the children's workforce.

Election 2017: Party Policy Guide

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett has trawled the manifestos to provide the definitive guide to what the three main UK-wide parties pledge on key issues for children, young people and families.

Professionals' attitude to underage sex 'fuels CSE', charity claims

Monday, May 8, 2017

| CYP Now

An acceptance among professionals working with children and young people of underage sex has fuelled a growth in child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases, a charity has claimed.

Guide to tackling CSA in schools

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Schools are vital in educating about child sexual abuse, but too many do not discuss it, research shows.

Behind the Inspection Ratings: Safeguarding in schools

Best Practice

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted inspections show the majority of maintained schools have effective safeguarding arrangements in place, but there are concerns about standards in some faith-based schools and the independent sector.

School funding changes 'put children at risk of harm'

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Child protection arrangements and support for vulnerable pupils are at risk due to an overhaul of school funding, councils have warned.

Lessons from serious case reviews: Education professionals

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Improving practice for those working in education settings, based on evidence from serious case reviews analysed by NSPCC.

Social workers advised to visit homes for six months in suspected abuse cases

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

| CYP Now

Social workers should consider home visits for at least six months if there are suspicions that a child is being abused or neglected, new guidance has suggested.

Brexit 'risks delaying' push for compulsory SRE, warns Creasy

Monday, February 13, 2017

| CYP Now

The Brexit process risks taking up so much parliamentary time that unless legislation to make sex and relationships education (SRE) compulsory is pushed through now, it could be years before another opportunity emerges, Labour MP Stella Creasy has warned.

Huge increase in child-on-child sex offences

Friday, February 3, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of reported cases of children committing sexual offences against other children has increased by 78 per cent since 2013, research by Barnardo's has found.

GW4 Children and Young People's Self-harm and Suicide Research Collaboration

Research

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

| CYP Now

The provision of self-harm prevention and intervention in secondary schools in Wales and South West England, and future needs.

Birmingham children's trust to launch April 2018

Monday, January 16, 2017

| CYP Now

A new independent trust to run children's services in Birmingham will officially launch in April 2018, with the organisation taking the form of a company owned by the council, rather than an employee-owned mutual, it has emerged.

Government blocks Labour bid to make sex education compulsory

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Conservative MPs have blocked an attempt by Labour to introduce compulsory sex and relationships education (SRE) through an amendment to the Children and Social Work Bill currently going through parliament.

Labour backs mandatory reporting

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Mandatory reporting should be introduced in order to protect children from abuse, Labour has said.

Ofsted highlights ongoing children's services failings in Birmingham

Friday, July 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Birmingham children's services, rated "inadequate" since 2009, is not doing enough to protect vulnerable children, according to Ofsted.

Daily roundup: Tougher teaching tests, adoption parties and monitoring academies

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to improve teacher standards announced, positive response to "adoption party" pilots, and LGA call for council role in education, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Tougher teaching tests, adoption parties and monitoring academies

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to improve teacher standards announced, positive response to "adoption party" pilots, and LGA call for council role in education, all in the news today.

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on problem academies, whole-family assessments, supporting parents at nursery and a squatting protest.

Government urged to drop church youth work inspection plans

Monday, April 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Christian organisations have called on the government to scrap plans that would see Ofsted inspect out-of-school education settings, including church youth groups.??

MPs to probe sexual violence in schools

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

| CYP Now

An investigation into the extent of sexual violence and harassment in schools has been launched by MPs.

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work practice model, low caseloads and joined-up services have helped two of the three councils in a merged children's services department become the first to be judged "outstanding" by Ofsted's inspection system.

Ask the Experts: Explore British values with toddlers

Thursday, March 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on British values at nursery, reducing child trafficking, teenage cannabis use and tidying young people's rooms.

Teachers should educate pupils on complex sexual relationships

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Children and young people normally find it intensely embarrassing when adults in positions of authority try to talk sensibly about sex.

How pupils get equipped to prevent child abuse

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Project reduces children's vulnerability to abuse.

LSCB chief warns of safeguarding risks from government review