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Fresh start for childminding

Childminders provide essential childcare for many families, but numbers continue to fall. How can services successfully recruit and support more childminders and help reverse the decline?

Special Report: Adventures Outdoors

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  • Thursday, March 28, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Participation in outdoor learning is vital for the health and wellbeing of children, with evidence showing it also aids attainment and social skills but rising costs are restricting access for disadvantaged young people.

Provider delivers NCS residentials enhancing pupil wellbeing

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  • Thursday, March 28, 2024
    • | CYP Now
A growing number of studies suggest that being in green spaces significantly contributes to improvements in young people’s mental health, wellbeing and stress coping mechanisms. Yet, the British Mountaineering Council reports that substantial numbers of young people, particularly those from disadvantaged households, have restricted access to outdoor spaces.

Adventures away for 10k disadvantaged young people

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  • Thursday, March 28, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Activity Centre, UK Youth’s outdoor learning venue in the New Forest offers educational visits, family breaks and days out, featuring activities such as archery, bushcraft, canoeing, climbing, abseiling, high ropes, orienteering and mountain biking.

Inspections Clinic: Supported accommodation

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  • Wednesday, March 27, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Ahead of Ofsted inspections of supported accommodation for care leavers, Jo Stephenson looks at how consultation has helped shape the new regime and what providers can do now to prepare.

Leadership: Appointing a co-chief executive

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  • Wednesday, March 27, 2024
    • | CYP Now
A co-chief executive model can allow charities to tap into leaders’ individual strengths and skills, helping them to focus on specific areas while working more flexibly to achieve key strategic goals.

Outdoor adventures: Key policy developments

Figures from Natural England’s Children’s People and Nature Survey show that 85 per cent of 4,000 children and young people spent time outside at school most or every day in 2022.

Youth apprenticeships: Key policy developments

In 2017, the government introduced an apprenticeship levy – a charge to an employer of 0.5 per cent of their annual pay bill if it is more than £3m – which is used to fund the training of apprentices.

Special Report: Youth Apprenticeships

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  • Thursday, February 29, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Apprenticeships are a crucial route to work for many disadvantaged young people but recent changes to how they are funded have seen the number of placements fall significantly leading to calls for reform.

A new blueprint for secure care

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  • Wednesday, February 28, 2024
    • | CYP Now
A shortage of secure placements is affecting the wellbeing of some of the UK’s most vulnerable children. A new research partnership is working with the sector to find out what needs to change.

Vision and hearing problems: Spotting the signs and supporting students

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  • Wednesday, February 7, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Mild and moderate vision and hearing problems are common among children and young people and can act as a significant barrier to educational and social development. We report from a recent webinar which considered the prevalence of these issues, their potential impact, and how we can support students in school...

Inspections clinic: Physical education and SEND

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  • Thursday, February 1, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Children with special educational needs and disabilities do not always receive the right support to participate fully in PE and sport at school. Jo Stephenson looks at ways provision can be improved.

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