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Council plans youth club and children's centre closures
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News
- Friday, April 13, 2012 | CYP Now
South Gloucestershire council is proposing to significantly reduce the number of children's centres and stop running youth clubs as part of plans to target services to the most vulnerable children, young people and families.
Trailblazing training standards
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Analysis
- Monday, April 10, 2017 | CYP Now
Lead for new group developing early years standards shares plans as it bids to debunk "hair or care" ethos.
Child protection chaos feared
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Other
- Tuesday, February 17, 2009 | CYP Now
Child protection arrangements could be thrown into chaos if directors of children's services (DCSs) are banned from chairing local safeguarding children boards, senior council figures have warned.
Ofsted reveals weakness in children's centres' support for parents
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News
- Friday, July 1, 2011 | CYP Now
Children's centres need to improve their support for parents and how well they prepare children for later life, according to Ofsted.
Rebalance finances towards early intervention, MP tells Treasury
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News
- Sunday, July 3, 2011 | CYP Now
MP Graham Allen has challenged the Treasury to rebalance government spending towards early intervention and establish a fund that will raise 200m from private investors.
Teather announces greater flexibility on early education entitlement
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News
- Wednesday, July 6, 2011 | CYP Now
Parents of three- and four-year-olds will be given more flexibility over how to use their free entitlement to early education under proposals announced by the children's minister.
ADCS Conference: Children's services achieve 'fastest council cuts'
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News
- Thursday, July 7, 2011 | CYP Now
Children's services departments have cut spending faster than any other sector in local government, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has claimed.
One in four children's services chiefs take on adult services responsibility
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Other
- Monday, July 11, 2011 | CYP Now
Nearly a quarter of directors of children's services (DCSs) in England is responsible also for adult services, analysis by CYP Now has revealed.
In Practice: Ask the experts
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Other
- Tuesday, March 3, 2009 | CYP Now
Q: How can study support help improve attendance?
Number of childminders caring for disabled children soars
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News
- Monday, August 1, 2011 | CYP Now
The number of childminders caring for children with disabilities and special needs has rocketed, according to the latest National Childminding Association (NCMA) membership survey.
Charity urges social care role for children's centres
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News
- Wednesday, November 5, 2014 | CYP Now
Children's centres should become gatekeepers to the children's social care system under a radical new model put forward by 4Children.
Labour's listener
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Other
- Tuesday, November 25, 2014 | CYP Now
Laura McCardle meets shadow childcare minister Alison McGovern.
Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans
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News
- Wednesday, December 3, 2014 | CYP Now
Children's charities have criticised the government for failing to prioritise the needs of children in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.
Councils slash youth and children's centre spend by £200m
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News
- Friday, December 12, 2014 | CYP Now
Spending on children's centres and youth services has been slashed by more than £200m in the space of a year, government figures show.
Ask the Experts: Stand up for young people's rights
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Other
- Tuesday, January 6, 2015 | CYP Now
Our panel offers advice on helping young people accused of theft, CSE prevention, improving resilience and clearing nursery clutter.
Editorial: Cuts to council funding create a fool's economy
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Other
- Tuesday, January 6, 2015 | CYP Now
There was little festive cheer in the draft local government funding settlement for 2015/16 delivered by ministers just before the Christmas break.
The 2015 Report: Childcare and early years
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Other
- Tuesday, January 6, 2015 | CYP Now
The early years sector's voice will again be needed in the year ahead if we are to keep young children's experiences and best interests at the heart of policy and practice.
DfE names councils to trial early years pupil premium
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News
- Thursday, January 8, 2015 | CYP Now
Seven local authorities are to test new arrangements for providing additional support to disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds in early education.
Sure Start centres to provide more childcare places under Labour plans
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News
- Monday, February 9, 2015 | CYP Now
Local authorities would be required under a Labour government to offer childcare places at Sure Start children's centres, shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has said.
ADCS backs early intervention drive for next government
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News
- Friday, March 6, 2015 | CYP Now
The next government must take action to ensure savings from early intervention work is ploughed back into children's services, the Association of Directors of Children's services (ADCS) has said.
London struggles to deliver free childcare
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Other
- Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | CYP Now
Economic and workforce factors are making it harder for councils to deliver sufficient childcare places for all eligible two-year-olds.
Early years groups criticise plans to promote school-based childcare
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News
- Monday, March 23, 2015 | CYP Now
Government moves to make schools publish details of their own childcare provision alongside their academic results will disadvantage other nursery providers, early years groups have said.
£1m fund to help parents support early years learning
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News
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 | CYP Now
An app that aims to raise the attainment of disadvantaged young children has been backed as part of a £1m parenting support fund.
Election childcare pledges to prompt massive spending cuts
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News
- Thursday, April 23, 2015 | CYP Now
Government departments are facing massive cuts in order to meet free childcare manifesto pledges proposed by the three main parties, a study has claimed.
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