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Daily roundup: school places, charity funding, and child poverty

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

| CYP Now

There will be a shortfall of 120,000 primary school places by September warns Labour, nearly one in ten charities fear they will have closed within five years, and a growth in child poverty has forced Leeds council to review support services, all in the news today.

Funding and lack of inclusivity 'risks Olympic legacy'

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Monday, July 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Improvements to the health and wellbeing of children and young people as a result of the London 2012 Olympic Games risk being squandered due to government policies on school sport, a group of MPs warns.

Internship scheme for young people with complex disabilities set to expand

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Friday, July 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Supported Internships for young people with complex disabilities are to launch across England from next month.

Charities unveil employment partnership for disadvantaged young people

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Up to 25,000 disadvantaged young people will be helped into education, training or work over the next three years through employment skills programmes set up by four UK charities.

Schools ‘fail to consult vulnerable pupils over PSHE'

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Too many schools are failing to properly consult their most vulnerable pupils on improving their personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) lessons, according to a senior Ofsted official.

Timpson rules out SEN reforms for children in custody

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Special educational needs (SEN) reforms will not be extended to include children in custody, the children's minister has confirmed.

GCSE proposals could disadvantage vulnerable pupils, fear experts

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's charities, education professionals and disability campaigners have raised fears that the government's proposed reforms to GCSEs in England could increase the likelihood of disadvantaged young people failing in school.

Half of Foundation Learning participants do not progress

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Only half of the young people on Foundation Learning courses assessed by Ofsted progressed into full-time education, training, apprenticeships or employment in the first two years of the programme.

Speech and language teaching enhances pupils' reading

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Monday, May 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Primary schools trialling a programme that encourages speech and communication teaching have seen pupils' reading progress improve significantly, a study has found.

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

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Friday, May 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Promotion of adoption 'parties' and connecting vulnerable young people with arts and cultural facilities are among the projects that have received government voluntary sector funding.

Children's commissioner exposes extent of illegal exclusions

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

| CYP Now

An average of 10 schools in every council area have sent pupils home without recording them as exclusions, England's children's commissioner has claimed.

Teachers reveal dyslexia training gap

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Three-quarters of teachers believe they were poorly prepared for supporting dyslexic children in their first job, according to research by the charity Driver Youth Trust.

Councils divert two-year-old childcare money to fund SEN

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities are using funding that is intended to provide childcare for two-year-olds to top up special educational needs budgets, CYP Now has discovered.

Autistic children more likely to be bullied, finds survey

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

| CYP Now

More than 97 per cent of parents with autistic children say the disability makes them more vulnerable to bullying at school

Children and Families Bill unclear on educational psychologists

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

| CYP Now

An educational psychologists' union has warned that a lack of clarity in the Children and Families Bill could hinder care for children with special educational needs (SEN).

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Daily roundup: school places, charity funding, and child poverty

Funding and lack of inclusivity 'risks Olympic legacy'

Internship scheme for young people with complex disabilities set to expand

Charities unveil employment partnership for disadvantaged young people

Schools ‘fail to consult vulnerable pupils over PSHE'

Timpson rules out SEN reforms for children in custody

GCSE proposals could disadvantage vulnerable pupils, fear experts

Half of Foundation Learning participants do not progress

Speech and language teaching enhances pupils' reading

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

Children's commissioner exposes extent of illegal exclusions

Teachers reveal dyslexia training gap

Councils divert two-year-old childcare money to fund SEN

Autistic children more likely to be bullied, finds survey

Children and Families Bill unclear on educational psychologists

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