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Corbyn's childcare challenger: Jenny Chapman MP, shadow childcare minister

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

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Jess Brown meets Jenny Chapman MP, shadow childcare minister.

Research Report: Professional Love in Early Years

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

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Researchers wanted to analyse the impact on childcare providers of a rise in media coverage of sex abuse scandals.

Councils launch innovative ways to trial expanded free childcare offer

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

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Matching childcare to local employers' needs, offering more care at weekends and funding provision all year round are the focus of some of the areas testing delivery of 30 hours per week of free childcare.

Committed local democrat: Roy Perry, chair, LGA children and young people board

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

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Derren Hayes meets Roy Perry, chair of the LGA children and young people board.

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

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Our panel offers advice on delivering sensitive training, school place planning, bilingual nursery support and a bereaved young carer.

The key lessons parenting classes must heed from previous trials

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

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Government must learn the lessons from its failed Can Parent programme if it goes ahead with a new voucher scheme for parenting support classes for those with young children, say early years experts.

Free childcare plans are unfair and unaffordable

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

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Research Report: Pre-school and Early Home Learning Effects on A-level Outcomes

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

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Researchers examine the link between pre-school and later academic achievement.

Children's centres review is needed now before it's too late

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

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The government's much vaunted consultation on the future of children's centres has been delayed - following its proclamation by the childcare minister back in July.

Skills for the Job: Alternatives to screen play

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

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Overuse of screen-based entertainment can hinder children's development and wellbeing so alternatives should be encouraged.

Ask the Experts: Be smart on your return to work

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on returning to work after absence, effective nursery websites, personal boundaries and young refugees.

No quick fixes in turning around children's services

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Management standards, specifically how to deal with inadequate leadership, were very much in the news at the end of December.

Ask the Experts: Buying technology for children

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

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Our expert panel offers advice on devices for young children, trafficked children, night work and involving young people in interviews.

Collaboration, creativity and more cuts: 2016 in children's services

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

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CYP Now has collected the views of children's services experts from a range of backgrounds to hear what they think the key challenges and opportunities will be in 2016 across services for children, young people and families.

Providers of children's centres look at new models to offset budget cuts

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

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As local authority data reveals a doubling of cuts in spending on children's centres, forcing them to prioritise the protection of statutory functions, a DfE report suggests that councils' ability to do this is being stretched to the limit.

Awards highlight how hard work improves children's lives

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Every year, two events are guaranteed to re-energise my diminishing bank of optimism - the judging for the CYP Now Awards, and the awards ceremony itself.

Quiz of the year 2015

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

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An election result that defied pollsters, turmoil in children's charity funding and plummeting adoption figures - 2015 was a turbulent year. Test your knowledge of the past 12 months' events in children's services by taking the CYP Now quiz!

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Measures announced in the Chancellor's Spending Review will result in core funding for councils falling 24 per cent in real terms over the next four years. How will this affect children, young people and their families?