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Attainment gap for looked-after children in Scotland is ‘unacceptable'

Thursday, May 31, 2012

| CYP Now

The attainment gap between looked-after children and their peers in Scotland, remains "unacceptably wide" despite efforts to tackle the problem over the past decade, according to a report by the Scottish parliament's education and culture committee.

Kent urges all councils to place looked-after children closer to home

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Kent County Council has made a plea to all local authorities to place children in care closer to home, after revealing that 1,267 children are placed in Kent from other parts of the country.

Ofsted rates council 'good' in trial of new inspection framework

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

| CYP Now

A council's children's services have been rated "good' following a trial of the new Ofsted inspection framework being introduced next year.

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

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Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly three quarters of people believe they would not be accepted as foster carers, with gay, lesbian, retired, young adults and single people among the most pessimistic about their chances, according to a survey.

Fostering reforms must be allowed to bed in, says children's commissioner

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Measures introduced under the Children and Families Act 2014 must be given time to be effective before policy is updated further, the children's commissioner for England has said.

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Somerset County Council has announced it has terminated the contract of the interim director of children's services (DCS) for failing to deliver improvements at the struggling authority quickly enough.

Decline in adoptions continues, figures show

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

| CYP Now

The number of adoptions continued to fall last year but the rate of decline has slowed, latest official figures show.

Care improves life for two thirds of children, study finds

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

| CYP Now

Being taken into care improves the life chances of more than two thirds of children, a study has found.

Adoption improvement body details emerge

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

| CYP Now

A new group created to improve the adoption system will focus on providing more reliable data to the sector and orchestrating a marketing push for prospective parents, it has emerged.

One in seven children's social worker posts unfilled

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Friday, March 7, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 3,800 children's social workers are needed to fill vacancies across local authorities in England, figures published by the government have shown.

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Attainment gap for looked-after children in Scotland is ‘unacceptable'

Kent urges all councils to place looked-after children closer to home

Ofsted rates council 'good' in trial of new inspection framework

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

Fostering reforms must be allowed to bed in, says children's commissioner

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

Decline in adoptions continues, figures show

Care improves life for two thirds of children, study finds

Adoption improvement body details emerge

One in seven children's social worker posts unfilled

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