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Health visitors 'will help joint working in SEN services'

Thursday, February 24, 2011

| CYP Now

Newly recruited health visitors will be key to government plans to join-up services for children with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, a senior civil servant has revealed.

Daily roundup: Education standards, domestic violence, and SEN provision

Other

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

| CYP Now

UK not among world's top performing education systems, study finds; domestic violence services at "breaking point" warns charity; and confusion over new SEN funding rules, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Norfolk council, charity pay, pre-school support

Other

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Norfolk council unveils recovery plan for children's services; Charity Commission chief issues warning on voluntary sector pay; and Southampton council hire private company to deliver early years support, all in the news today.

Rising concerns over pupil school readiness

News

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

| CYP Now

Eight out of 10 school leaders believe school readiness for their youngest children has declined considerably over the past five years, a study has found.

Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

Other

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Social workers to get help understanding care proceedings legislation; teacher training on SEN insufficient; and most pupils "not bothered" by loss of competitive school sport, all in the news today.

Education and childcare reforms come into effect

News

Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

A host of flagship government initiatives covering early years and education settings and professionals come into effect from today (1 September).

How Down syndrome pupils reach their potential

Best Practice

Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Teacher Wendy Uttley set up a training service to improve the education and support of children with Down syndrome in Bradford.

Councils divert two-year-old childcare money to fund SEN

News

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities are using funding that is intended to provide childcare for two-year-olds to top up special educational needs budgets, CYP Now has discovered.

Daily roundup: Scouts' membership, crime sentences, and primary education

Other

Friday, May 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Scouts grow membership in deprived areas through youth work; mandatory detention orders for juveniles convicted of second knife offences; and primary pupils to hear about the world of work, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Troubled families, physical education and Labour policy

Other

Monday, June 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Troubled Families programme not delivering lasting change data shows; Wilshaw to issue warning to councils on physical education; and Labour urged to drop protection for health and education budgets, all in the news today.

Greening announces plans for reception-age baseline checks

News

Friday, September 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Four- and five-year-olds will be expected to sit baseline tests when they start reception school as part of a raft of changes to the way children are assessed, the government has announced.

Daily roundup: Disabled athletes, free schools, and children's centres in Sheffield

Other

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Research into children's views on disability and the Paralympics, figures show one in four free school applications come from religious groups, and plans to reorganise children's centres in Sheffield, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Heart surgery, Ofsted statistics, and measles outbreak

Other

Friday, April 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's heart surgery to resume in Leeds, concern over number of daycare settings rated as inadequate, and measles outbreak in Swansea continues, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Other

Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Poorer parents struggle to feed their children during the summer holidays; Department for Education publishes child-friendly guide to the special educational needs reforms; and judge warns of "paedophile panic", all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Seaside towns, social media and Neets

Other

Friday, August 23, 2013

| CYP Now

More money for deprived coastal towns, warning over children posting self-portraits online, and fewer Neet young people, all in the news today

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

Behind the Inspection Rating: Success for SEN one-stop-shop

Other

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Stepping Stones, Wiltshire - Early years inspection - October 2015

Early years groups call for government to combine childcare support programmes

News

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Early years leaders are calling for the government to introduce "childcare passports" to streamline funding and slash red tape for providers.

Tower Hamlets teachers vote for strike

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

| CYP Now

Teaching staff in Tower Hamlets have voted to support strike action against cuts to jobs and services in education.

Daily roundup: child poverty, reading habits and autism support

Other

Thursday, September 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty could rise by 800,000 by 2020 warn Oxfam; reading for pleasure link to child academic achievement; and teachers struggle to access autism support, all in the news today.

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

News

Friday, May 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Promotion of adoption 'parties' and connecting vulnerable young people with arts and cultural facilities are among the projects that have received government voluntary sector funding.

Bercow Review: 'Grave concerns' over lack of progress on speech and language support

News

Thursday, October 25, 2018

| CYP Now

Speech and language campaigners have expressed "grave concerns" that the government is failing to support many children with speech, language and communications needs (SLCN), 10 years after the landmark Bercow Review on the issue.

Early years settings and special schools to benefit from ventilation plan

News

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

| CYP Now

Figures in the early years sector have praised a government move to fit all schools and childcare settings with carbon dioxide (CO2) monitors as part of efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Focus on market risks losing sight of the child

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

There has been the scent of revolution in the air recently. First, Jeremy Corbyn won a landslide Labour leadership election on an anti-austerity ticket that was the antithesis of New Labour (Analysis, p10). Then the man he hopes to one day replace in Downing Street, David Cameron, used a speech on the "smarter state" to outline the government's intention to pick up the pace of reform in children's services by handing "failing" children's social care services to third-party providers (Analysis, p8).

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

Other

Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.

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Health visitors 'will help joint working in SEN services'

Daily roundup: Education standards, domestic violence, and SEN provision

Daily roundup: Norfolk council, charity pay, pre-school support

Rising concerns over pupil school readiness

Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

Education and childcare reforms come into effect

How Down syndrome pupils reach their potential

Councils divert two-year-old childcare money to fund SEN

Daily roundup: Scouts' membership, crime sentences, and primary education

Daily roundup: Troubled families, physical education and Labour policy

Greening announces plans for reception-age baseline checks

Daily roundup: Disabled athletes, free schools, and children's centres in Sheffield

Daily roundup: Heart surgery, Ofsted statistics, and measles outbreak

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Daily roundup: Seaside towns, social media and Neets

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Behind the Inspection Rating: Success for SEN one-stop-shop

Early years groups call for government to combine childcare support programmes

Tower Hamlets teachers vote for strike

Daily roundup: child poverty, reading habits and autism support

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

Bercow Review: 'Grave concerns' over lack of progress on speech and language support

Early years settings and special schools to benefit from ventilation plan

Focus on market risks losing sight of the child

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

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