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TDA chief to take over at NCB

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  • Thursday, June 2, 2011
  • | CYP Now
The executive director of the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) Dr Hilary Emery has been appointed as the new chief executive of the National Children's Bureau (NCB).

DfE cuts to research evaluations spark concern

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  • Monday, February 28, 2011
  • | CYP Now
The Department for Education (DfE) has cut 7.5m from research projects evaluating everything from academy schools to services for disabled children, an investigation by the Radical Statistics Group has revealed.

Parents' anger over SEND failures in Swindon

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  • Friday, January 18, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Swindon face a "bleak" future due to a lack of support from council and health services, inspectors have been told.

CYP Now Awards 2014 - the shortlist

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  • Monday, September 1, 2014
  • | CYP Now
We are delighted to confirm the shortlist for the 2014 Children & Young People Now Awards after receiving a record number of entries.

SEN legislation ‘built on quicksand'

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  • Thursday, May 10, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Campaigners for disabled children have warned ministers that legislation aimed at simplifying processes for children with special educational needs (SEN) will falter because of widespread reductions in specialist support services.

Government announces overhaul of child protection procedures

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  • Tuesday, June 12, 2012
  • | CYP Now
National timescales for assessing children in need will be scrapped and guidance governing work with children drastically reduced, under the government's plans to overhaul procedures that it claims stifle the judgment of children's professionals.

ADCS vice president: School transport costs 'cannot be justified'

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  • Wednesday, October 4, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Statutory requirements on council provision of home-to-school transport should be reviewed, with current spending of £1bn a year "unjustifiable" in light of ongoing cuts to early help services, the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

10,000 children 'not attending school'

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  • Tuesday, November 19, 2013
  • | CYP Now
As many as 10,000 children are missing out on full-time education, with many of them left vulnerable to abuse or getting involved in antisocial behaviour, Ofsted has warned.

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