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Youth justice diversion schemes ‘not fit’ for children with SEND

Friday, April 26, 2024

| CYP Now

The process for diverting young people away from the criminal justice system is “not fit” for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), research warns.

Alliance for Youth Justice chief steps down

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Friday, April 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Pippa Goodfellow, chief executive of the Alliance for Youth Justice (AYJ), has stepped down after five years.

Report slams ‘significant lack’ of government action to tackle root cause of school absences

News

Thursday, April 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Mental health experts have criticised a lack of action by the government to tackle underlying issues behind persistent school absences such as poor emotional wellbeing and poverty.

DfE launches new advisory group on children’s social care ‘profiteering’

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

| CYP Now

The former director of children’s services for Hampshire and Isle of Wight councils will lead a Department for Education advisory group on the profiteering of private companies from children’s social care.

Government rejects MPs’ calls to end one-word Ofsted judgments

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

| CYP Now

The government has rejected a call from MPs to axe single word overall judgments in Ofsted inspection reports.

Frank Field: Children’s campaigners pay tribute to 'inspirational' peer

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Tributes have been paid by children’s campaigners to former Labour Party minister Frank Field after his death aged 81.

Girlguiding launches plan to reduce environmental anxieties among children

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Girlguiding has launched a new environmental strategy designed to reduce environment-based anxieties facing children.

Disadvantaged children set to miss out on early years expansion, NAO warns

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

The National Audit Office (NAO) has raised concerns that the government’s extension of early years entitlement for working families will widen the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers.

Adoption England pledges to boost diversity among adopters

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Adoption England has launched its three-year strategy to "modernise adoption services" in England, setting a goal to recruit adopters from diverse communities to support more children’s needs.

Reflections from 40 years on the frontline in the fight against child sexual abuse

Blogs

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

| CYP Now

I will always remember the day I first shook hands with a convicted sex offender. It was 1981 in Gloucester Prison. I was 26 years old and working as a probation officer in Hereford at the time.

Celebrating 10 years of NAVSH

Blogs

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

| CYP Now

I was delighted to see that the National Association of Virtual School Heads (NAVSH) is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this year. This gave me cause to reflect on the impact of virtual schools; and to find out more about what the future holds for them.

Sadiq Khan reveals plans for youth investment ahead of mayoral election

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Sadiq Khan has pledged to provide 250,000 more positive opportunities for young Londoners in youth clubs, including mentoring and youth worker investment, in the lead up to next month's mayoral election.

Hundreds of young people to reveal lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry will hear from hundreds of young people about the lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic to form legal evidence for future recommendations.

Working migrant families locked out of funded childcare expansion, campaigners warn

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Tens of thousands of working migrant families are missing out on government funded childcare, human rights campaigners have warned.

DfE to repurpose unused school spaces for childcare

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has revealed plans to pilot the use of surplus school spaces to offer childcare provision as part of its expansion of funded hours.

Childcare leaders question DfE claims of successful rollout of expanded entitlement

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Friday, April 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Early years bodies have questioned government assertions that the rollout of the funded childcare expansion is going to plan and claim that latest data fails to show a complete picture of the reality on the ground.

Three in four primary schools cutting TA numbers despite SEND demand rising

News

Friday, April 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Three quarters of primary school headteachers are cutting teaching assistant (TAs) numbers, a survey has found.

Restraint failings still not adequately addressed 20 years after Gareth Myatt’s death

Blogs

Friday, April 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Anyone working in children’s social care over the past 20 years will likely know of the harrowing circumstances in which Victoria Climbié, Peter Connelly and Daniel Pelka died. But what of the catastrophic failure in child protection that led to the death of Gareth Myatt, 20 years ago today (Friday 19 April)?