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National Challenge Trusts abandoned

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  • Monday, September 13, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Plans for at least eight National Challenge Trusts have been put on hold as part of the government's review of school improvement policy, CYP Now has learned.

St Michael's Primary School, London Borough of Camden

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  • Monday, September 20, 2010
    • | CYP Now
What did they do? Children from St Michael's Primary School learned about gardening in Victorian times as part of a project run by Camden Council's Out of School Learning, and the Parks and Open Spaces service.

Futures4me, Bolton Council

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  • Monday, October 18, 2010
    • | CYP Now
What happened? More than 1,000 Year 11 pupils attending Bolton's schools and academies were invited to think about life after school at a Futures4me event held this month. Along with parents and carers, the students learned about the courses and training opportunities that Bolton's colleges, sixth forms and work-based learning providers have to offer.

Councils fail to use truancy orders

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  • Tuesday, September 9, 2008
    • | CYP Now
A lack of knowledge is causing local authorities to use draconian methods to prevent truancy, instead of support-based education supervision orders (ESOs), a report by the National Children's Bureau (NCB) has revealed.

Equity in Education: Responding to Context

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  • Tuesday, July 1, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Collaboration between children's professionals is being undermined by a target-driven mentality across the public sector, according to research by the University of Manchester's Centre for Equity in Education.

Early reading

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  • Tuesday, July 8, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has named 2008 as the National Year of Reading. Mathew Little finds out how approaches to helping children learn to read vary between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Welsh scheme fails struggling pupils

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  • Tuesday, July 15, 2008
    • | CYP Now
A Welsh Assembly Government bid to boost the attainment of disadvantaged pupils has failed to improve exam results, according to education watchdog Estyn.

Pupils are put off walking to school

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  • Tuesday, April 15, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Children are keen to travel to and from school in a more environmentally friendly and active way but do not find it easy to do so, according to early findings of a study by the National Children's Bureau (NCB).

Polyclinics must connect to Sure Start

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  • Tuesday, April 22, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Polyclinics, the government-proposed centres that bring together GP and hospital services, must co-ordinate their work with schools and Sure Start children's centres, the NHS Confederation has urged.

UK register to boost breakfast clubs

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  • Tuesday, April 29, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Cereal manufacturer Kellogg's and education charity ContinYou have launched a national register to support the growth of breakfast clubs across the UK yesterday.

Red tape delays education aid

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  • Tuesday, April 6, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Penalties should be imposed on learning providers who use overly bureaucratic processes to arrange education maintenance allowance (EMA) payments to students, a group of young learners has proposed.

Islington Council, north London

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  • Friday, April 16, 2010
    • | CYP Now
What are they doing? Islington is becoming a hub for young scientists. In 2008, only 58 Islington students took the triple science GCSE. The figure for the current academic year stands at 382.

NSPCC probed over Rantzen PA

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  • Monday, April 26, 2010
    • | CYP Now
The NSPCC has been accused of breaking the rules governing charities' involvement in the general election, by allegedly allowing an employee to work on Luton South independent candidate Esther Rantzen's campaign, CYP Now has learned.

Darlaston Youth Centre, Walsall

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  • Monday, November 8, 2010
    • | CYP Now
What did they do? Young filmmakers from Walsall have launched an educational film exploring issues around forced marriages, peer pressure, parental expectations and drug abuse.

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