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Kirklees families to benefit from free childcare up to age of 14

Monday, August 20, 2012

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A local authority in West Yorkshire has announced plans to trial free childcare for parents of children up to the age of 14.

Inquiry finds council mishandled development of residential children's home

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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

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Dumfries and Galloway council has been criticised for its handling of plans to develop a residential childcare unit in the area.

Barnardo's teams up with KFC on work scheme for vulnerable young people

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Friday, September 14, 2012

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?Up to 100 young people, including care leavers and young people with disabilities, are to be offered unpaid work placements at KFC, as part of a partnership between the fast food chain and Barnardo's.

Sector leaders call on government to rethink Early Intervention Grant cut

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Monday, October 1, 2012

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Children's sector leaders are urging ministers to drop plans to hold back £150m from the Early Intervention Grant, to avoid spending more on crisis support in the long-term.

Academies Commission warns of ‘covert' pupil selection

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Academies could be increasing social segregation in the school system by "covertly" selecting pupils from more privileged families, a report by the Academies Commission has warned.

Government ‘flouts promise on children's rights'

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Government is failing to deliver on a promise of checking how policies affect children's rights, a report has claimed.

Truss reveals plan for more rigorous early years qualifications

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Monday, January 28, 2013

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All new nursery workers will be required to have at least a grade C in GCSE English and Maths, under the Early Years Educator (Eye) qualification set to be introduced from 2014.

Ministers pledge to reduce child deaths in response to health outcomes forum

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has pledged to reduce child mortality and boost the extent to which young patients are consulted on the care they receive, as part of its response to the Children and Young People's Health Outcomes Forum report.

Probation reforms threaten support for prisoners' families

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Government proposals to reform probation services will damage the quality of work to improve the lives of children that have a parent in prison, it has been claimed.

Council launches drive to recruit 'resilience foster carers' for troubled teenagers

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Former police and prison officers are being urged to become "resilience foster carers" offering homes to the most challenging looked-after teenagers, as part of a Staffordshire County Council campaign.

Ofsted targets Portsmouth's under-performing schools

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Teams of Ofsted inspectors have begun a week of inspections in Portsmouth to find out why the city has a disproportionate number of under-performing schools.

Probation service changes risk increasing youth reoffending, union warns

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Friday, October 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth reoffending and custody rates could soar if government plans to privatise £600m worth of probation services go ahead, the union representing the profession has warned.

Government provides £20m for councils supporting child refugees

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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

| CYP Now

A total of £20m will be shared between all local authorities currently supporting more than 10 asylum-seeking children, the government has said.

Commissioner urges action on young people at risk of suicide

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Monday, November 12, 2012

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Professionals across children's services must be trained to support young people at risk of suicide because of negative experiences in early childhood, a report by the children's commissioner for Northern Ireland has claimed.

Government urged to put special educational needs reforms on hold

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has been urged to delay legislation to overhaul support for children with special educational needs (SEN), over concerns that the law could be changed before the proposed reforms have been properly tested.

Ombudsman blasts Croydon over delay in housing homeless family

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

| CYP Now

The local government ombudsman has criticised Croydon Council for leaving a mother and three children to "sofa surf" for nine months after they fled their home in the wake of an attack by masked men.

Deaf teenagers excluded from conversations

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

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Deaf teenagers are being left out of conversations because other young people don't know how to talk to them, the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) has warned.

Child poverty figure falls by 300,000

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

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The number of children living in relative poverty fell by 300,000 last year meaning that 1.1 million children have been lifted out of poverty since 1999, latest statistics have revealed.

Families suffer as mothers struggle to speak out about postnatal depression

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Sunday, October 2, 2011

| CYP Now

Half of mothers with postnatal depression are going without the support they need to avert long-term problems for their families, according to a report by the charity 4Children.

Overstretched support services unable to meet rise in demand

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Rising unemployment, growing substance misuse, neglect and mental health problems are leaving already vulnerable families at breaking point as frontline support services struggle to cope with demand, Action for Children has warned.

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Kirklees families to benefit from free childcare up to age of 14

Inquiry finds council mishandled development of residential children's home

Barnardo's teams up with KFC on work scheme for vulnerable young people

Sector leaders call on government to rethink Early Intervention Grant cut

Academies Commission warns of ‘covert' pupil selection

Government ‘flouts promise on children's rights'

Truss reveals plan for more rigorous early years qualifications

Ministers pledge to reduce child deaths in response to health outcomes forum

Probation reforms threaten support for prisoners' families

Council launches drive to recruit 'resilience foster carers' for troubled teenagers

Ofsted targets Portsmouth's under-performing schools

Probation service changes risk increasing youth reoffending, union warns

Government provides £20m for councils supporting child refugees

Commissioner urges action on young people at risk of suicide

Government urged to put special educational needs reforms on hold

Ombudsman blasts Croydon over delay in housing homeless family

Deaf teenagers excluded from conversations

Child poverty figure falls by 300,000

Families suffer as mothers struggle to speak out about postnatal depression

Overstretched support services unable to meet rise in demand

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