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Daily roundup: Children's bill debate, Labour reshuffle, and Hull cuts

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Children and Families Bill amendments due to be debated by peers today; Labour makes changes to its education team; and planned cuts at Hull Council sparks union concerns, all in the news today.

Communication skills initiative launches in social mobility 'coldspot'

News

Thursday, June 20, 2019

| CYP Now

A Department for Education-funded scheme is aiming to boost social mobility for Derby's disadvantaged young people by helping to strengthen their communication skills.

Steve Reed is new shadow children's minister

News

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Steve Reed MP has been appointed the new shadow minister for children following the March resignation of Emma Lewell-Buck.

Daily roundup: Rochdale's social care chief steps down, primary admissions appeals and statistics on heroin addiction

Other

Friday, October 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Rochdale's head of children's social care to leave the troubled council, primary school admissions appeals on the rise and fewer young people seeking heroin treatment, all in the news today.

Government urged to reconsider Early Intervention Grant changes

Other

Monday, October 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Professionals warn that changes to the Early Intervention Grant spell uncertainty for services ranging from children's centres and short breaks for disabled children to youth work and counselling for teenagers

Government urged to reject teaching qualifications for early years professionals

News

Thursday, November 1, 2012

| CYP Now

The government should scrap plans to introduce teaching qualifications for early years professionals or risk damaging the quality of care provided to children, a trade union has warned.

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

News

Monday, December 10, 2012

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner should be given stronger powers, while the title of the role should be changed to include "young people", an influential group of MPs and peers has said.

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

News

Monday, January 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to cap benefit payments until 2015 will reverse efforts to reduce child poverty and plunder the income of low- to middle-earning families, charities have warned.

Teaching schools forge ties with nurseries

Other

Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

The government wants to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children by linking struggling early years providers with high-performing schools.

Daily roundup: Youth votes, leadership and child mortality

Other

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Half of young people say they won't vote at next election; Doncaster Children's Trust appoints first chief executive; and report recommends how to reduce child mortality, all in the news today.

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

Other

Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority chief executives' group says the requirement for a director of children's services is stifling innovation in children's services and isolating it from the rest of local government - arguments that don't stack up, say leaders.

Ofsted to regain control of school and further education inspections

News

Thursday, May 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted will bring the management of all school and further education inspections back in-house, the inspectorate has confirmed.

Daily roundup: Early education, youth employment, and care proceedings

Other

Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Labour to look at boosting school nurseries; fewer young people in work than over-50s; and figures reveal number of mothers with multiple children taken into care, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Homelessness, safeguarding, and looked-after children.

Other

Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Increasing number of young people reported sleeping rough; new chair of safeguarding board appointed in Sandwell; and NICE publishes best practice briefing on looked-after children, all in the news today.

Research questions value of free childcare for three-year-olds

News

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Free nursery entitlement for three-year-olds provides little benefit to their long-term development, according to latest research.

Inspections: Early years provision in schools

Features

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted inspections of school-based early years provision reveals a picture of quality services delivered by highly qualified staff, skilled in helping to prepare children for their transition to primary school.

Corbyn attacks Tories over children's centre closures

News

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

| CYP Now

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has criticised the Conservatives over children's centre closures, as he officially launched the party's general election campaign.

Plan to recruit managers for nursery schools sparks legal challenge

News

Thursday, June 7, 2012

| CYP Now

A Scottish teaching union is seeking a judicial review over Glasgow City Council's decision to allow maintained nursery schools to be headed up by managers who are not trained as teachers.

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, call to decriminalise drugs, and the LGA on healthy school food

Other

Monday, January 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted to question schools on preventing female genital mutilation, a cross-party group of peers say drugs should be decriminalised, and the Local Government Association calls for a single food standard for all schools, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Free schools, Somerset youth cuts, and child protection in the Isle of Wight

Other

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is ordered to publish a list of groups bidding to run free schools, a 21-year-old from Somerset is granted permission to appeal against cuts to youth services, and Ofsted rates child protection in the Isle of Wight 'inadequate', all in the news today.

DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers

Other

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?

Other

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

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

News

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms will create a two-tier system of support for children with disabilities, campaigners have warned.

In Focus: Fair4Families campaign

Other

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

4Children examines the tough circumstances faced by families in 2013

The 2014 Report: Voluntary sector

Other

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Welfare issues are bound to loom large with the 2015 election on the horizon.

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Daily roundup: Children's bill debate, Labour reshuffle, and Hull cuts

Communication skills initiative launches in social mobility 'coldspot'

Steve Reed is new shadow children's minister

Daily roundup: Rochdale's social care chief steps down, primary admissions appeals and statistics on heroin addiction

Government urged to reconsider Early Intervention Grant changes

Government urged to reject teaching qualifications for early years professionals

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

Teaching schools forge ties with nurseries

Daily roundup: Youth votes, leadership and child mortality

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

Ofsted to regain control of school and further education inspections

Daily roundup: Early education, youth employment, and care proceedings

Daily roundup: Homelessness, safeguarding, and looked-after children.

Research questions value of free childcare for three-year-olds

Inspections: Early years provision in schools

Corbyn attacks Tories over children's centre closures

Plan to recruit managers for nursery schools sparks legal challenge

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, call to decriminalise drugs, and the LGA on healthy school food

Daily roundup: Free schools, Somerset youth cuts, and child protection in the Isle of Wight

DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers

Do we need more men?

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

In Focus: Fair4Families campaign

The 2014 Report: Voluntary sector

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