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

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

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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

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

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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

Monday, April 22, 2024

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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

Monday, April 22, 2024

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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

Monday, April 22, 2024

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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

Monday, April 22, 2024

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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

Friday, April 19, 2024

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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

Friday, April 19, 2024

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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

Friday, April 19, 2024

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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)?

Programme launches to distribute £3.6mn to support care leavers

Thursday, April 18, 2024

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A programme that will see £3.6 million handed to care leavers initiatives across England has been launched.

Children with SEND disproportionately excluded from primary school, research finds

Thursday, April 18, 2024

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Almost all primary school aged children who experience exclusions have a special educational need or disability (SEND), research has found.

Free Loaves on Fridays: Anthology of 100 care experienced voices published

Thursday, April 18, 2024

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A new anthology containing the voices of 100 children and adults about their experience in care is now available in bookshops.

North of England councils face ‘£25bn children in care burden’, claims report

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

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Councils in the North of England are paying an extra £25bn to place children in care compared with local authorities in the South, a report is claiming.

MPs back plans to tackle youth vaping

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

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MPs have backed major plans to tackle youth vaping and smoking including a ban on the marketing of vaping products aimed at children.

Youth work improvement initiative to tackle 'fragmentation' of services

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

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An initiative is launching that aims to gather the views of a cross-sector group of 10,000 professionals to find ways to improve support for young people.

Councils face £300mn shortfall in youth homelessness funding

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

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English local authorities are facing an annual shortfall of £332 million in youth homelessness funding, economists have warned.

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

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

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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

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

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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

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

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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.

Devo, devo, devo…what’s in it for our families?

Monday, April 15, 2024

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As Spring elections approach, in the North East region we prepare for the birth of our next combined authority, the North East Mayoral Combined Authority (NEMCA) which will snuggle up to the established Tees Valley CA (now 8 years old).

The impact of the mobile phone

Monday, April 15, 2024

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The signs of things going wrong in society are usually first evident in small children.

Falling school rolls spark fears of £1bn funding drop

Monday, April 15, 2024

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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

Friday, April 12, 2024

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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

Thursday, April 11, 2024

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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

Thursday, April 11, 2024

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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.

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