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The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

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?

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on problem academies, whole-family assessments, supporting parents at nursery and a squatting protest.

DfE data shows funding shift from universal to targeted services

Other

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Latest local authority spending figures suggest that early intervention is being sacrificed to fund statutory services as children's departments grapple with making a dwindling pot of money stretch further.

CYP Now investigation: Play services decimated as funding slashed

News

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly a third of local authorities in England have closed play facilities as a result of spending on play services over the past three years being slashed by 39 per cent, an investigation by CYP Now has revealed.

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

Other

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Rochdale appoints an interim head of children's social services, Ofsted is criticised over its new complaints framework, and a call for profit-making firms to take charge of the worst schools, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Truancy convictions, TV, and Birmingham cuts

Other

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

| CYP Now

A large rise in parental truancy convictions, cancer concerns for children who watch too much telly, and criticism over a cuts consultation in Birmingham, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Other

Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Poorer parents struggle to feed their children during the summer holidays; Department for Education publishes child-friendly guide to the special educational needs reforms; and judge warns of "paedophile panic", all in the news today.

Behind the Inspection Rating: PRU profits from relationships

Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Encouraging an entrepreneurial spirit has earned Wycombe Grange pupil referral unit its third "outstanding" Ofsted rating.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

News

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Good Idea: College prepares young people for armed forces

Best Practice

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

A specialist training college aimed at helping young people get fit and ready for careers in the armed forces and public service sector has set up its first London base.

Ex-DCS helps Hackney schools to improve

Analysis

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Former Ofsted social care chief Eleanor Schooling explains how initiative will join up schools, education providers and researchers.

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

Other

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

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

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, GCSEs and Wokingham cuts

Other

Thursday, August 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth minister says unemployed youth lack 'grit', study finds behavioural issues result in lower GCSE grades and Wokingham to cut youth services, all in the news today.

Timpson creates SEN funding pot from early intervention grant

News

Thursday, December 12, 2013

| CYP Now

The government wants local authorities in England to target £70m of early intervention funding on implementing the special educational needs (SEN) reforms next year.

Joint working model cuts safeguarding case delays

News

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Multi-agency safeguarding hubs (Mash) in London have nearly halved the amount of time it takes to deal with child protection referrals, according to new research.

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Other

Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Haringey told to improve children's social care, major early intervention guide launched, and Nicky Morgan pledges to continue tough stance on term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Skills for the Job: Engaging fathers in children's lives

Other

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The father's involvement in a child's life can be easily overlooked, so services must work extra hard to engage with them.

Research Report: Spending it Wisely - How Can Schools Use Their Resources to Help Poorer Pupils?

Other

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

This study, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, used data from the National Pupil Database to investigate which children in schools benefit most from having money spent on them and which groups of children benefit from different types of spending.

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.

Specialists key to childcare offer

Other

Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Educational psychology services are vital to ensure the free childcare expansion succeeds, says Kate Fallon.

Care still a barrier to university

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

With a drop in the number of care leavers going to university, new initiatives aim to raise academic aspirations.

Look outside the 20th century for answers to the school places crisis

Other

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

I have no idea why large secondary schools are considered controversial. Last month, they were all over the press, with headlines warning of a "growing crisis" over a shortage of secondary school places that could lead to the creation of so-called "titan" schools.

Worcestershire County Council

Best Practice

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Long-time struggling West Midlands council is the latest to transfer a range of children’s services to a council-owned company.

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

News

Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Politicians in Kensington & Chelsea have outlined their vision of standards for children's services for a new combined department across three authorities, stating that outstanding inspection ratings are expected.

Daily roundup: School places, Bulger killer, and reading

Other

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Crisis in primary school places looms, warns the LGA; one of the killers of toddler James Bulger is released on parole for a second time; and reading to young children can cut adult offending, a crime expert says, all in the news today.

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The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

DfE data shows funding shift from universal to targeted services

CYP Now investigation: Play services decimated as funding slashed

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

Daily roundup: Truancy convictions, TV, and Birmingham cuts

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Behind the Inspection Rating: PRU profits from relationships

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Good Idea: College prepares young people for armed forces

Ex-DCS helps Hackney schools to improve

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, GCSEs and Wokingham cuts

Timpson creates SEN funding pot from early intervention grant

Joint working model cuts safeguarding case delays

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Skills for the Job: Engaging fathers in children's lives

Research Report: Spending it Wisely - How Can Schools Use Their Resources to Help Poorer Pupils?

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Specialists key to childcare offer

Care still a barrier to university

Look outside the 20th century for answers to the school places crisis

Worcestershire County Council

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

Daily roundup: School places, Bulger killer, and reading

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