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Strip Randstad of NTP contract if targets not met, MPs urge

Friday, March 11, 2022

| CYP Now

The Department for Education must consider stripping consultancy firm Randstad of its £5bn contract to run the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) if targets are not met to support disadvantaged pupils within months, MPs have said.

High caseloads and funding cuts ‘risk mass resignation of social workers’

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

| CYP Now

Soaring caseloads, staff shortages and cuts to local authority services risks a mass resignation of social workers, sector leaders have warned.

Proportion of NEET young people falls below pre-pandemic levels

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Thursday, March 3, 2022

| CYP Now

The percentage of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) has fallen below pre-pandemic levels, new figures show.

Increasing numbers of girls with mental illness risk being missed by schools, experts warn

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Monday, February 28, 2022

| CYP Now

Schools may only be identifying “a fraction” of young people, particularly girls, in need of mental health support due to inadequate detection methods and a lack of training for staff, researchers have warned.

Covid-19 pandemic ‘not yet over’ for early years settings, providers warn

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

| CYP Now

The pandemic is “not yet over” for early years settings, leaders have warned, following the removal of Covid-19 restrictions in England.

Put disabled children and families at heart of Covid-19 inquiry, campaigners urge

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

| CYP Now

Disabled children and their families must be “put at the heart” of a public inquiry into the government’s handling of Covid-19, campaigners have said.

Disadvantaged young Londoners to have access to mentors by 2024

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

| CYP Now

Access to a personal mentor will be provided to all young people in London in need of support by 2024, under plans unveiled by Sadiq Khan.

'Decade of failure’ to narrow disadvantage gap in schools

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

| CYP Now

Government education policy has failed to narrow the gap in GCSE grades between rich and poor pupils over the last 10 years, a report has revealed.

Apprenticeship numbers fall among young people post-pandemic

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

| CYP Now

Under-19s are the only age group to see a continued fall in the number of people taking up apprenticeships post-pandemic, according to latest government figures.

Ofsted: Individual support for disadvantaged pupils key to boosting attendance

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Monday, February 7, 2022

| CYP Now

Providing appropriate individual support for disadvantaged children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), is key to increasing school attendance, Ofsted has said.

Extra support during pandemic improves care leavers’ wellbeing

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Additional support offered to care leavers during the Covid-19 pandemic has helped improve their emotional wellbeing and support them to tackle stress, loneliness and anxiety, a study suggests.

Warning over gaps in support for child victims of domestic abuse

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Early intervention experts are calling for improvements in support for young survivors of domestic abuse amid a rise in related child protection referrals.

Latest Covid-19 guidance for children’s social care, education, early years and youth work providers

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Services supporting vulnerable children and young people face changes to Covid-19 guidance as more restrictions lift across the UK.

Councils face huge children's social worker absences due to Covid

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Around one in 10 councils are reporting that at least 10 per cent of their children’s social workers have been unable to work in January due to Covid.

Youth justice system ‘failing’ to tackle disproportionality

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

| CYP Now

The youth justice system is “categorically failing on every count to halt the overrepresentation of black children”, the chair of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has said.

DfE reveals plans for crackdown on ‘avoidable absences’

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

| CYP Now

A crackdown on "avoidable absences" in schools is being planned by the Department for Education.

Youth organisations rally to support young rough sleepers

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

| CYP Now

Youth organisations have rallied to support young homeless people as temperatures drop amid an increase in rough sleepers aged under 25.

Number of children in extreme poverty rises to 550,000

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

| CYP Now

The number of children living in destitution has increased to 550,000, according to latest figures analysed by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Free school meal eligibility changes ‘could skew attainment gap data’, researchers warn

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

| CYP Now

Changes to eligibility criteria for free school meals will make it “impossible” to correctly track the attainment of disadvantaged children over the next decade, researchers have warned.

Schools minister defends asking secondary school pupils to wear masks

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Friday, January 14, 2022

| CYP Now

Schools minister Robin Walker has defended “fine balanced” Department for Education guidance for wearing masks in secondary schools.

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Strip Randstad of NTP contract if targets not met, MPs urge

High caseloads and funding cuts ‘risk mass resignation of social workers’

Proportion of NEET young people falls below pre-pandemic levels

Increasing numbers of girls with mental illness risk being missed by schools, experts warn

Covid-19 pandemic ‘not yet over’ for early years settings, providers warn

Put disabled children and families at heart of Covid-19 inquiry, campaigners urge

Disadvantaged young Londoners to have access to mentors by 2024

'Decade of failure’ to narrow disadvantage gap in schools

Apprenticeship numbers fall among young people post-pandemic

Ofsted: Individual support for disadvantaged pupils key to boosting attendance

Extra support during pandemic improves care leavers’ wellbeing

Warning over gaps in support for child victims of domestic abuse

Latest Covid-19 guidance for children’s social care, education, early years and youth work providers

Councils face huge children's social worker absences due to Covid

Youth justice system ‘failing’ to tackle disproportionality

DfE reveals plans for crackdown on ‘avoidable absences’

Youth organisations rally to support young rough sleepers

Number of children in extreme poverty rises to 550,000

Free school meal eligibility changes ‘could skew attainment gap data’, researchers warn

Schools minister defends asking secondary school pupils to wear masks

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