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Poorer families in England spending more on childcare costs than in other countries

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| CYP Now

England is one of only a few countries where poorer families spend a higher proportion of their income on childcare than their more well-off peers, new research finds.

DfE scraps social work leadership training scheme

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| CYP Now

A flagship leadership development programme for children’s social workers has been scrapped by the Department for Education because of budget cuts.

ADCS president pledges focus on improving diversity in children’s services

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has committed to “improving diversity across local authority children’s services” over the coming year.

Falling school rolls spark fears of £1bn funding drop

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Monday, April 15, 2024

| CYP Now

State-funded primary and secondary schools in England are set to lose out on £1 billion of funding by 2030 driven by a projected drop in pupil numbers, researchers warn.

Drugs gangs ‘targeting younger children’, Longfield warns

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Friday, April 12, 2024

| CYP Now

Since the pandemic county lines drugs gangs have been exploiting younger children, former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield has warned.

‘Stable and fairer funding’ needed to improve youth justice services, says YJB

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) has called on the government to improve the distribution of funding to youth offending services.

MPs launch call for care leavers to share experience of services

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Cross-party MPs are encouraging people to share their experiences of children’s social care as part of their investigation into how the government could improve services.

Children's safety campaigners call for WhatsApp to reverse age limit reduction

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Campaigners are calling on WhatsApp to reverse its decision to cut the age limit of users from 16 to 13.

Scouts wins £129,000 DfE contract to boost teacher recruitment

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Scouts has been handed a £129,000 government contract to promote teaching as a career pathway to its young members.

Council blocks plans for new children’s home

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Huntingdonshire District Council has blocked plans for a new children's home in the village of Old Weston, citing “a lack of infrastructure" and "safeguarding issues for residents” as key reasons behind its decision.

Young people 'distressed' by frequent police visits at home, research warns

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

| CYP Now

Young people with experience of the criminal justice system say the second most common place for them to see police is at their home, with incidents often involving excessive force from officers.

Budgets to support visually impaired children slashed by councils

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

| CYP Now

More than half of local authorities have cut or frozen the number of specialist teachers they employ to support children with visual impairments, according to new research.

Ofsted: Latest children’s services focused visits

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

| CYP Now

Ofsted has published the outcomes of a series of focused visits to local authority children’s services.

Cass review: Gender identity services for young people ‘need to match standards of other NHS care'

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

| CYP Now

A landmark healthcare review has called on the NHS to ensure gender identity services for young people match the standards of its other forms of care and support.

GCSE results for disadvantaged children 'greatly improved by Sure Start'

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

| CYP Now

Children eligible for free school meals (FSM) who live near a Sure Start centre saw increased performance at GCSE by three grades, six times higher than children not eligible for FSM, new research has found.

Peter Wanless to step down as NSPCC chief

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

| CYP Now

Peter Wanless has announced plans to step down as chief executive of the NSPCC after more than a decade in the role.

Council to review alternative education provision after ‘failure’ to improve

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Monday, April 8, 2024

| CYP Now

A local authority has agreed to review why previous calls to improve alternative education provision for children unable to attend mainstream school have not been implemented, following an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO).

Ofsted extends ability to pause complaints to social care and early years providers

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Monday, April 8, 2024

| CYP Now

The ability to pause Ofsted inspections in circumstances where there are concerns for leaders’ wellbeing will be extended to cover children’s social care and early years providers, the inspectorate has said.

DCMS refused request to bail out BYC ahead of closure

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Friday, April 5, 2024

| CYP Now

The government refused pleas to provide emergency funding to prevent the closure of the British Youth Council (BYC) due to the “scale” of the charity’s financial difficulties, a letter to UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) members reveals.

Kent to open nine properties to house lone migrant children

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is set to open nine properties to house increasing numbers of lone migrant children arriving in the UK.

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Poorer families in England spending more on childcare costs than in other countries

DfE scraps social work leadership training scheme

ADCS president pledges focus on improving diversity in children’s services

Falling school rolls spark fears of £1bn funding drop

Drugs gangs ‘targeting younger children’, Longfield warns

‘Stable and fairer funding’ needed to improve youth justice services, says YJB

MPs launch call for care leavers to share experience of services

Children's safety campaigners call for WhatsApp to reverse age limit reduction

Scouts wins £129,000 DfE contract to boost teacher recruitment

Council blocks plans for new children’s home

Young people 'distressed' by frequent police visits at home, research warns

Budgets to support visually impaired children slashed by councils

Ofsted: Latest children’s services focused visits

Cass review: Gender identity services for young people ‘need to match standards of other NHS care'

GCSE results for disadvantaged children 'greatly improved by Sure Start'

Peter Wanless to step down as NSPCC chief

Council to review alternative education provision after ‘failure’ to improve

Ofsted extends ability to pause complaints to social care and early years providers

DCMS refused request to bail out BYC ahead of closure

Kent to open nine properties to house lone migrant children

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