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Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms will create a two-tier system of support for children with disabilities, campaigners have warned.

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

Drop in deaf children's educational achievement blamed on cuts

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Cuts to local authority support for children with special educational needs (SEN) have been blamed for the first fall in the proportion of deaf children achieving five good GCSE grades for five years.

Adoption reforms ‘risk undermining support for vulnerable children'

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Plans to redirect £150m of early intervention funding into adoption reform risk reducing frontline services for vulnerable children, the chair of the Local Government Association's (LGA) children and young people board has warned.

Government raids Early Intervention Grant to fund adoption reform

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has slashed £150m from the Early Intervention Grant to plough into attempts to increase the number of adoptions in England, children's minister Edward Timpson has confirmed.

Children ‘sold down the river' by poor PE support

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Friday, January 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Young children who have been encouraged to take part in sport following the 2012 Olympics are being "sold down the river" by a lack of adequate training for PE teaching in primary schools, campaigners have warned.

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

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Monday, January 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to cap benefit payments until 2015 will reverse efforts to reduce child poverty and plunder the income of low- to middle-earning families, charities have warned.

Martin Narey receives knighthood as New Year honours recognise sector's work

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

| CYP Now

The government adoption adviser Martin Narey received a knighthood in the New Year's honors list, among more than 150 people recognised for their work with children and young people.

Health services neglected under SEN reforms, government warned

News

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Government proposals to reform the special educational needs (SEN) system will fail unless health services are placed under a legal duty to support children, MPs have warned.

Councils challenged to improve support for troubled families

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Monday, December 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Troubled families tsar Louise Casey is stepping up pressure on councils to implement government plans to support 120,000 families whose lives are blighted by crime, antisocial behaviour and truancy.

Call to extend free school meals to all children in poverty

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Friday, December 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Nearly three quarters of teachers say children they teach have arrived at school without lunch or any money to buy food, a study by The Children's Society has found.

Redirect funding to fight obesity, argues union

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Government should redirect funding from its national child measurement programme into frontline school nursing posts to stem rising childhood obesity, the union Unite has claimed.

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

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Monday, December 10, 2012

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner should be given stronger powers, while the title of the role should be changed to include "young people", an influential group of MPs and peers has said.

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

News

Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and families minister Edward Timpson has praised the efforts of people working to improve children, young people and families' lives, at the 2012 CYP Now Awards.

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2012 announced

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Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

A literature festival for children in the care system, a film and live performance featuring poetry composed by young deaf children, and a scheme to take cricket from the village green to the inner cities, were just some of the inspiring winners of the 2012 Children & Young People Now Awards.

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Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

Drop in deaf children's educational achievement blamed on cuts

Adoption reforms ‘risk undermining support for vulnerable children'

Government raids Early Intervention Grant to fund adoption reform

Children ‘sold down the river' by poor PE support

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

Martin Narey receives knighthood as New Year honours recognise sector's work

Health services neglected under SEN reforms, government warned

Councils challenged to improve support for troubled families

Call to extend free school meals to all children in poverty

Redirect funding to fight obesity, argues union

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2012 announced

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