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Council launches consultation on cost-cutting changes to SEND transport offer

Monday, July 1, 2024

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Leeds City Council has launched a public consultation on changes to its home-to-school transport offer for older teenagers with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in a bid to alleviate pressure on the local authority's budget.

Young people call for stronger political education to underpin votes at 16 pledges

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Monday, July 1, 2024

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Young people have called for stronger political education to be offered in schools amid the general election campaign, during which two major parties have pledged to lower the voting age to 16.

Lack of school readiness by reception linked to persistent absenteeism, say researchers

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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

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Children who are not classed as "school ready" by the time they start reception are more likely to be persistently absent in later years, research finds.

Pilot launches to warn pupils about violence and harassment against girls

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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

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A school pilot scheme is launching in Tameside to challenge violence and harassment against girls.

Council spending on early years and children’s services set for dramatic real-terms increase, data shows

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

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Local authority spending on early years provision is set to increase by almost half this year while children’s social care costs could see a real-terms increase of 11%, according to government data.

Longfield calls for new government poverty unit ahead of general election

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

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Former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for the next government to establish a poverty unit sitting within Downing Street as part of a 10-point plan to halve child poverty by 2029.

Council apologises over EHCP delay linked to educational psychologist shortage

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Monday, June 24, 2024

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A sharp increase in referrals for education, health and care plans (EHCPs) and a shortage of educational psychologists led to long delays in a mother accessing support for her son, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) has ruled.

High-achieving disadvantaged five-year-olds fall behind peers by age 14, study warns

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Monday, June 24, 2024

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Children who are classed as high achieving at the age of five, but from less affluent backgrounds, are less likely to achieve the highest grades at GCSE compared with their wealthier peers, new research has found.

Multi-agency data sharing must be improved to boost child development, say early years leaders

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

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The next government needs to develop a national dataset encompassing education, health and social care details for all children, according to recommendations made ahead of July’s general election by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

School role in tackling poverty eating into lesson time, teachers warn

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Monday, June 17, 2024

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Supporting children who are hungry, tired and emotionally struggling due to hardship at home is eating away at time in the classroom, primary school teachers have said.

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Council launches consultation on cost-cutting changes to SEND transport offer

Young people call for stronger political education to underpin votes at 16 pledges

Lack of school readiness by reception linked to persistent absenteeism, say researchers

Pilot launches to warn pupils about violence and harassment against girls

Council spending on early years and children’s services set for dramatic real-terms increase, data shows

Longfield calls for new government poverty unit ahead of general election

Council apologises over EHCP delay linked to educational psychologist shortage

High-achieving disadvantaged five-year-olds fall behind peers by age 14, study warns

Multi-agency data sharing must be improved to boost child development, say early years leaders

School role in tackling poverty eating into lesson time, teachers warn

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