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Children’s commissioner and Tory MPs lead calls for ‘routemap’ to end school closures

Monday, January 25, 2021

| CYP Now

Conservative MPs and the children’s commissioner for England are leading calls for the government to provide a “routemap” for schools reopening across England.

Contingency measures for free childcare funding ‘risks providers going bust’

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Monday, January 25, 2021

| CYP Now

Government proposals to predict likely funding requirements for early years providers this year risks leaving otherwise viable settings without enough money to operate, a think tank has warned.

Kickstart scheme changes: Government removes ‘gateway’ application system

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Monday, January 25, 2021

| CYP Now

The government has made changes to its Kickstart jobs scheme to make the application process more accessible for small buisinesses, Rishi Sunak has said.

DfE investigates reports of malware found on laptops for disadvantaged children

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Thursday, January 21, 2021

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is investigating claims malware has been found on laptops handed out to vulnerable children in England.

Children’s commissioner: Politicians must take child poverty 'out of the too difficult box'

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Thursday, January 21, 2021

| CYP Now

Children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield has delivered a stern rebuke to politicians over a lack of action to address child poverty.

Rainsbrook STC still subjecting children to ‘bleak’ isolation regime, inspectors find

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Thursday, January 21, 2021

| CYP Now

Leaders at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre (STC) are “failing children in their care”, inspectors have warned in a damning report amid concerns over the isolation of new arrivals at the facility.

Careers guidance and training for disadvantaged groups among pledges to boost post-16 education

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Thursday, January 21, 2021

| CYP Now

The government has unveiled plans to overhaul post-16 education and training with a greater focus on preparing young people for vocational roles.

Early years leaders hit out at contradictory government advice on home testing

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

| CYP Now

Childcare sector leaders have criticised a Department for Education official’s "incorrect" claims that all early years workers will have access to home testing kits.

Three quarters of schools struggling to support SEND children during Covid lockdown

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

| CYP Now

Schools are finding it increasingly difficult to support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) amid the Covid-19 health crisis, research has found.

NEET young people ‘unable to cope with life’ amid pandemic, Prince’s Trust warns

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

| CYP Now

Four in 10 young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) have said they feel "unable to cope with life" since the start of the pandemic, new research from the Prince’s Trust shows.

Babies ‘overlooked’ during Covid-19 response, First 1,001 Days Movement says

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

| CYP Now

Babies' needs have been overlooked as part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic, a new report shows.

Huge rise in children seriously injured or killed during first lockdown, government figures show

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Monday, January 18, 2021

| CYP Now

The number of children killed or seriously injured during the first six months of the coronavirus pandemic increased by more than a quarter on the previous year, new government statistics show.

One in three early years staff 'considering leaving the sector'

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Monday, January 18, 2021

| CYP Now

A third of practitioners in early years settings are considering leaving the sector after their current role amid concerns over job security and low rates of pay, a major study has found.

Government U-turn exempts children from extended custody time limits

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Friday, January 15, 2021

| CYP Now

Campaigners are celebrating a government U-turn exempting children from extended custody time limits during the coronavirus crisis.

PVI childcare workers excluded from home Covid testing programme

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

| CYP Now

Early Years leaders have criticised an “insulting” Department for Education decision not to give private, voluntary and independent (PVI) childcare providers and childminders access to home testing kits to identify asymptomatic cases of Covid-19.

Internet Safety Day: Top tips for online safeguarding during the pandemic

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

| CYP Now

As schools once again switch to remote learning due to the UK’s third national coronavirus lockdown, school leaders and staff face increased concerns over how best to safeguard pupils online.

Government urged to fund charity jobs for NEET young people

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

| CYP Now

A report backed by charities and a cross-party group of MPs is calling on the government to pay young people to work for charities, to mitigate against “the long-term scarring of unemployment” caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Schools told not to provide free school meals over February half-term

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

| CYP Now

New Department for Education guidance advises headteachers not to provide free school meals for children over February half-term.

Free schools meals voucher scheme will return next week, Education Secretary confirms, condemning ‘disgusting’ food parcel pictures

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

| CYP Now

Education secretary Gavin Williamson said he was “absolutely disgusted” by images of “meagre” free school meals parcels shared online as he confirmed the return of the government’s supermarket voucher scheme from next week.

Gavin Williamson: DfE had 'no knowledge' of new Covid strain when it ordered Greenwich to keep schools open

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

| CYP Now

Gavin Williamson has defended the Department for Education’s decision to threaten Greenwich Council with legal action over plans to close schools early for Christmas.

Latest boost to DfE laptop scheme ‘inadequate’, campaigners say

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

| CYP Now

Campaigners have criticised an “inadequate” announcement by the Department for Education promising to provide a further 300,000 disadvantaged children with laptops for home learning.

Safeguarding in the Digital Age: Empower young people to talk about online grooming, conference told

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

| CYP Now

More needs to be done to educate and empower young people to talk about the threat of online grooming, CYP Now’s Safeguarding Children in the Digital Age 2021 conference has heard.

Five key things Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson faced questions from the education select committee about the impact of the third national lockdown on children and young people.

More than 100,000 children left homeless during lockdown, LGA warns

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

| CYP Now

Local authority leaders are calling for urgent action to reduce the number of children “stuck in temporary accommodation during lockdown”.

Safeguarding in the digital age: Protection of children from online harms ‘an unmitigated disaster’

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Tuesday, January 12, 2021

| CYP Now

There has been an “unmitigated disaster” in the regulation of child protection in the digital world, Baroness Beeban Kidron, the chair and founder of 5Rights Foundation, told CYP Now’s Safeguarding Children in the Digital Age 2021 conference.

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Children’s commissioner and Tory MPs lead calls for ‘routemap’ to end school closures

Contingency measures for free childcare funding ‘risks providers going bust’

Kickstart scheme changes: Government removes ‘gateway’ application system

DfE investigates reports of malware found on laptops for disadvantaged children

Children’s commissioner: Politicians must take child poverty 'out of the too difficult box'

Rainsbrook STC still subjecting children to ‘bleak’ isolation regime, inspectors find

Careers guidance and training for disadvantaged groups among pledges to boost post-16 education

Early years leaders hit out at contradictory government advice on home testing

Three quarters of schools struggling to support SEND children during Covid lockdown

NEET young people ‘unable to cope with life’ amid pandemic, Prince’s Trust warns

Babies ‘overlooked’ during Covid-19 response, First 1,001 Days Movement says

Huge rise in children seriously injured or killed during first lockdown, government figures show

One in three early years staff 'considering leaving the sector'

Government U-turn exempts children from extended custody time limits

PVI childcare workers excluded from home Covid testing programme

Internet Safety Day: Top tips for online safeguarding during the pandemic

Government urged to fund charity jobs for NEET young people

Schools told not to provide free school meals over February half-term

Free schools meals voucher scheme will return next week, Education Secretary confirms, condemning ‘disgusting’ food parcel pictures

Gavin Williamson: DfE had 'no knowledge' of new Covid strain when it ordered Greenwich to keep schools open

Latest boost to DfE laptop scheme ‘inadequate’, campaigners say

Safeguarding in the Digital Age: Empower young people to talk about online grooming, conference told

Five key things Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

More than 100,000 children left homeless during lockdown, LGA warns

Safeguarding in the digital age: Protection of children from online harms ‘an unmitigated disaster’

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