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Early SEND support needs going unmet

Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

A shortage of special needs support in the early years is increasing pressure on childcare providers and schools, new reports reveal.

The language of hope

Blogs

Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Having had the privilege of reading many insightful blogs from influential leaders in the sector over the years, as a recently Elected Director on the Board of Directors for ADCS, I find myself both honoured and slightly apprehensive now it is my turn to contribute. So, here we go…

Key children’s services challenges to shape next ADCS presidency

Analysis

Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services Andy Smith identifies tackling social care reforms, workforce pressures and demand for SEND support as priorities for his year in office.

Kinship foster care ‘not explored as an option’ for most children, research warns

News

Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Kinship foster care – where a child is fostered by a family friend or relative – is “too infrequently explored” across England and Wales as an option for children in care, new government data suggests.

Thinking differently to support children and young people’s mental health

Blogs

Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Solutions that address the entire system are rare. Policies typically address immediate priorities and urgent needs, leaving the long-term, systemic issues unresolved.

Expansion of PAVA ignites debate on youth custody force and restraint

Analysis

Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

The UK government’s consideration of expanding the use of PAVA spray – a chemical irritant legally used in adult prisons – into child establishments has ignited a contentious debate.

Longfield think-tank calls for expansion of school mental health support teams

News

Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Former children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for an expansion of mental health support offered in schools as data shows 1.4mn children in England now have a probable mental health condition.

Speaking out about care experience

Blogs

Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

The time has come, we are out there.

British Youth Council: five factors for demise of youth voice stalwart

Analysis

Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

The British Youth Council had been at the forefront of the youth movement for 75 years, but in recent times was unable to weather a perfect storm of internal and external pressures that led to it becoming unsustainable.

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

News

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

News

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’

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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.

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