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Daily roundup: Free school meals, pupil places and child protection

Thursday, December 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Government revises up the number of children to receive free school meals; £2.35bn to fund more school places; and investigation launched into police handling of allegations against convicted paedophile, all in the news today.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

News

Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

News

Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

There is an "unhelpful" misperception among the media and public about the nature of out-of-authority placements for looked-after children, council care managers have said.

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

News

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The London Borough of Hillingdon has become the first council to be told that its child protection and care services must be improved under Ofsted's tougher new inspection framework.

Fee cuts 'could threaten residential placements'

News

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Residential care providers have warned children's services leaders that any attempts by councils to cut the fees paid to independent homes could see care placements jeopardised.

Councils increase expenditure on children's social care

News

Friday, February 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Spending by England's councils on children's social care increased by 2.6 per cent in the last financial year, according to latest government figures.

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

News

Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Sheffield has been told to improve its children's services after an inspection highlighted weaknesses in performance on looked-after children and adoption.

'Inadequate' council set to invest £12m to reduce number of children in care

News

Friday, September 15, 2017

| CYP Now

A council rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted is planning to invest an extra £12m in children's social care in a bid to reduce the number of children coming into care.

Government awards £16m to 'life chances' projects

News

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

| CYP Now

Projects supporting children in care and families blighted by drug and alcohol dependency are to benefit from the first wave of investment from an £80m government fund that links payments to improved outcomes.

Social pedagogy trials fail to make an impact

News

Friday, July 29, 2011

| CYP Now

Pilots testing alternative methods of residential care did not lead to improved outcomes for children, an evaluation has concluded.

Coalition fails to improve care placements

News

Thursday, November 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The coalition government has failed to make any progress in getting children into the right placement when they first enter care and ensuring it is close to their home, a damning report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

News

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

New quality standards for children's homes should be scrapped by the next government, an organisation representing residential care providers has said.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

News

Friday, June 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Sandwell Council has said it is considering a formal challenge after Ofsted rated its children's services "inadequate" for the second time since 2013.

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

News

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The chief inspectors of Ofsted and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) have launched a scathing attack on councils' failure to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

News

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Council and children's services leaders are calling on the government to clarify how they will be supported to resettle 20,000 refugees, including unaccompanied children, from Syria.

BASW labels residential care review 'a cover for privatisation'

News

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has criticised the government's decision to stage a major review of children's residential care, claiming that it is a veiled attempt to "extend the government's privatisation agenda".

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

National unit for secure children's home placements to be created

News

Monday, April 4, 2016

| CYP Now

A local authority is to be handed national responsibility for co-ordinating placements of children in secure homes, children's minister Edward Timpson has said.

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

News

Friday, April 15, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has refused to release the findings of a controversial study examining how children's services can be delivered outside of local authority control following a five-month Freedom of Information (FOI) battle.

Commissioner to monitor placement moves of children in care

News

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

| CYP Now

An index designed to measure stability for children in care is to be launched by the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England.

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Daily roundup: Free school meals, pupil places and child protection

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

Fee cuts 'could threaten residential placements'

Councils increase expenditure on children's social care

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

'Inadequate' council set to invest £12m to reduce number of children in care

Government awards £16m to 'life chances' projects

Social pedagogy trials fail to make an impact

Coalition fails to improve care placements

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

BASW labels residential care review 'a cover for privatisation'

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

National unit for secure children's home placements to be created

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

Commissioner to monitor placement moves of children in care

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