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DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers

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  • Tuesday, January 22, 2013
  • | CYP Now
In what ended up as an explosive exit interview, Tim Loughton lifted the lid on the inner workings of the Department for Education at a select committee hearing last week with the department's former ministers.

Do we need more men?

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  • Tuesday, January 22, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Women outnumber men across the children's workforce, particularly in work with young children. Charlotte Goddard investigates whether it matters and what employers could do to redress the balance

Creative thinking is vital for children's centres to survive

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  • Tuesday, January 21, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Barely a week goes by without another council announcing plans to downsize its network of children's centres. From Kent to Bradford, Northants to Nottinghamshire, children's centres, like most other local authority services in England, are being squeezed in the face of unrelenting funding cuts.

Raising of training standard 'causes a rift' in the early years workforce

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  • Tuesday, March 18, 2014
  • | CYP Now
An early years apprentice shares her experiences and thoughts on the government's decision not to recognise "functional skills qualifications" for maths and English in the early years educator (EYE) course requirements, which will become the new sector standard for progression into management from September.

Ennals urges radical action for families as he departs NCB

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  • Friday, July 8, 2011
  • | CYP Now
Sir Paul Ennals has called for a transformation in the way family support services are provided in order to stem the flow of children entering care, saying he wants all neighbouring local authorities to jointly commission services for families in households before they reach crisis point.

Co-location Fund

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  • Tuesday, March 10, 2009
  • | CYP Now
What is it? The Children's Plan One Year On: A Progress Report promised a co-location capital fund.

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