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League tables can be a force for good if given more care

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 14, 2011
    • | CYP Now
League tables appear to be flavour of the month. The Department for Education published local authorities' three-year performance averages for children in care against 15 indicators a fortnight ago. And then children's minister Tim Loughton last week signalled his support for league tables for youth services at the Confederation of Heads of Young People's Services annual convention, which would be scored at least in part by young people.

Policy into practice: Parents are entitled to flexible working

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, May 27, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Many will have welcomed the government's recent announcement of its plans to extend the right to request flexible working to all parents with children under 16. Combining the often competing demands of work and family life can be a struggle. There are currently three million parents of children under 16 in low-level jobs or not working, which suggests an urgent need to provide more suitable work options.

Obama offers hope to a whole generation

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 11, 2008
    • | CYP Now
The victory of a black man in the race to secure the most powerful position in the world must carry huge resonance and messages for everybody from minority groups, oppressed ethnic backgrounds and religious persuasions that are not within the mainstream of the country concerned.

Ghosts of Labour system are very much present

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 23, 2012
    • | CYP Now
After a great deal of deliberation and consultation, the Department for Education has at last pumped out the latest governmental aspirations for young people in England. Released last month, Positive for Youth was quite rightly praised in this space by Maggie Atkinson a fortnight ago.

Will new ministers have any new ideas?

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, January 30, 2018
    • | CYP Now
It is still too early to offer any well-informed predictions of what to expect from new Education Secretary Damian Hinds and his ministers at the Department for Education.

Unborn babies deserve protection from harm

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 19, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Does the behaviour of women during pregnancy have a long-term effect on children? This critical question seems difficult to answer because many factors will impact on children's health outcomes such as poverty, housing, childhood diseases and schooling.

Early help may fall foul of school staff cuts

    Opinion
  • Thursday, June 1, 2017
    • | CYP Now
So here we are, racing headlong towards another election, paying attention to the different ideas being floated in the manifestos, while having a very strong suspicion as to what the result will be.

Grenfell must bequeath legacy of collaboration

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, May 29, 2018
    • | CYP Now
Looking for silver linings to come out of a disaster such as Grenfell Tower would be churlish. However, the way community groups and charities have responded to the tragedy, which claimed 71 lives, 19 of them children, on 14 June last year, is an example of what can be achieved when organisations work in collaboration.

An end to adoption delay benefits all concerned

    Opinion
  • Friday, September 2, 2011
    • | CYP Now
When I became a director of children's services, adoption was new to me. I spent time with social workers and a family court judge, and met several families going through the process. I was forcibly struck by the incongruity between the genuinely good intentions of all the professionals concerned and the lived experience of families and children.

Make Oakhill review public to shape youth custody

    Opinion
  • Thursday, March 24, 2022
    • | CYP Now
I met Chris in 2009. In his early 20s, Chris had been recruited to work at Oakhill Secure Training Centre. Previously a youth worker, he said he surprised himself by his career move into youth custody.

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