In the June edition of CYP Now: National Tutoring Programme; Care Commissioning Special; Troubled Families

Children's Services
Research shows that summer-born children struggle more in education than older peers. Image: Ruth Fry

More councils allow all summer-born children to delay school start

Education

Why children's mental health services need joint planning

Guest Blog

How are generation Covid-19 experiencing the pandemic?

Health

Doing the impossible

Children's Services
More than 80 per cent of NHS children's mental health services employers are worried about stress levels among their staff. Image: AdobeStock

Burnout fears for children’s mental health workers amid increasing demand

Health
Secure children's homes provide care and accommodation in a locked environment. Picture: Guzelian

Significant fall in secure children's homes use

Social Care
Family court advisers support children the subject of public and private law cases. Image: AdobeStock

Family court body raises concerns over Cafcass training scheme

Social Care
PAC chair Meg Hillier: 'DfE needs to carry out a lessons-learned exercise'.

DfE not learning lessons from Covid failures, warn MPs

Children's Services
An additional 11,000 children each week became eligible for free school meals last year. Image: AdobeStock

Over 400,000 more pupils eligible for free school meals amid pandemic, says Labour

Education
The universal credit two-child limit policy has affected up to 1.25m children according to estimates. Image: AdobeStock

'End universal credit two-child policy to tackle poverty', urge commissioners

Social Care
Scouts' youth membership has fallen by a quarter over the past year. Image: Scouts Association

Scouts launches recruitment campaign to tackle volunteer exodus

Youth Work