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Troubled Families programme delivers substantial savings

Thursday, March 12, 2015

| CYP Now

The Troubled Families programme has delivered savings of more than double the amount spent on turning around the lives of families with complex problems, government figures suggest.

Charity slams academy exclusion practices

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Academies have been criticised for having an "alarmingly higher" rate of pupil exclusions than state schools and for failing to reinstate pupils on appeal.

Peer mentoring scheme extends to Manchester school

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Friday, February 6, 2015

| CYP Now

A youth volunteering programme that sees young people provide mentoring and support for school children has expanded into Manchester.

Ofsted blames poor classroom behaviour on 'casual' school leadership

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

| CYP Now

An acceptance of poor behaviour in the classroom by school leaders is having a detrimental impact on pupils' outcomes, Ofsted has warned.

Daily roundup: GCSE results, fines and Neet figures

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Figures show fall in English GCSE grades; number of fines issued to parents in Suffolk for allowing their children to miss school rises by 500 per cent; and Department for Education reveals drop in young people not in education, employment or training, all in the news today.

Better pupil support cuts exclusions, study finds

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Friday, July 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Giving schools more responsibility for arranging support for pupils at risk of exclusion cuts the number of children permanently excluded, a study suggests.

Council data reveals extent of troubled families' problems

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Families involved in the government's Troubled Families initiative have an average of nine social problems when they enter the programme, latest research shows.

Councils increase number of troubled families turned around

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of troubled families helped to turn their lives around by an intensive government support programme has risen to nearly 53,000, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has announced.

School absence rates show significant fall

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is claiming victory for its tough love approach to tackling truancy, after latest figures show a drop in the overall and persistent absentee rates of pupils.

Pupil referral units 'damage' children's wellbeing

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Friday, May 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Pupil referral units (PRUs) in Wales are in need of urgent overhaul, according to a damning children's commissioner for Wales report that says many are failing to support children.

Persistent truanting continues to decline

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of children that persistently truant from English schools has continued to decline over the past year, latest figures show.

Autistic children face illegal exclusion from school

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Two in five children with autism were illegally excluded from school in a year, new research reveals.

Councils must be given academy intervention powers, says LGA

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

| CYP Now

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the government to give local authorities the power to tackle poorly performing academies and free schools.

Conservative conference: Call to extend payment-by-results to PRUs

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The government should consider introducing payment-by-results schemes in pupil referral units (PRUs), a Conservative MP has said.

Charity predicts increase in truancy due to raising of participation age

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Monday, September 2, 2013

| CYP Now

The rise in the education leaving age to 17, which has come into force this week, will cause the truancy rate to rocket according to Barnardo's.

Catch22 approved as academy sponsor

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth charity Catch22 is looking to build a national network of schools after being approved as an academy sponsor by the Department for Education.

Children's commissioner exposes extent of illegal exclusions

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

| CYP Now

An average of 10 schools in every council area have sent pupils home without recording them as exclusions, England's children's commissioner has claimed.

Number of exclusions for disruptive behaviour on rise amid overall fall

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Exclusions for persistent disruptive behaviour and bullying have increased, bucking an overall downward trend, analysis of latest statistics has revealed.

Strengthen transition from primary to secondary school, says government adviser

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Monday, July 9, 2012

| CYP Now

The government's adviser on pupil behaviour has called for schools to be more supportive of children making the transition from primary to secondary education, in a bid to reduce exclusions.

Behaviour tsar warns of increase in most challenging pupils

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

| CYP Now

The number of challenging school pupils who display "extreme behaviour" is increasing, the government's adviser on behaviour has said.

Education charity relaunches after entering administration

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

| CYP Now

A charity that works to raise achievement in schools has relaunched as a private company after going into administration.

Mentoring scheme found to improve school behaviour

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

| CYP Now

A youth mentoring scheme in London schools is making a significant difference to the academic achievement of pupils, an independent evaluation has found.

Three quarters of autistic pupils say they have been victims of bullying

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Monday, May 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The majority of children with autism have been bullied in school and more than 20 per cent say they have no friends, a study has found.

Government urged to establish school intervention guidelines

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Friday, April 27, 2012

| CYP Now

Government should introduce protocols setting out how local authorities can intervene in failing or underperforming schools, the body representing council chief executives has said.

Call for truancy fines to be deducted from child benefit

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Monday, April 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Parents of children who persistently truant should have fines taken from their child benefit payments, the government's adviser on school behaviour has proposed.

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Troubled Families programme delivers substantial savings

Charity slams academy exclusion practices

Peer mentoring scheme extends to Manchester school

Ofsted blames poor classroom behaviour on 'casual' school leadership

Daily roundup: GCSE results, fines and Neet figures

Better pupil support cuts exclusions, study finds

Council data reveals extent of troubled families' problems

Councils increase number of troubled families turned around

School absence rates show significant fall

Pupil referral units 'damage' children's wellbeing

Persistent truanting continues to decline

Autistic children face illegal exclusion from school

Councils must be given academy intervention powers, says LGA

Conservative conference: Call to extend payment-by-results to PRUs

Charity predicts increase in truancy due to raising of participation age

Catch22 approved as academy sponsor

Children's commissioner exposes extent of illegal exclusions

Number of exclusions for disruptive behaviour on rise amid overall fall

Strengthen transition from primary to secondary school, says government adviser

Behaviour tsar warns of increase in most challenging pupils

Education charity relaunches after entering administration

Mentoring scheme found to improve school behaviour

Three quarters of autistic pupils say they have been victims of bullying

Government urged to establish school intervention guidelines

Call for truancy fines to be deducted from child benefit

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