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Children’s charities on issues the next government must prioritise

Monday, July 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Improved special educational needs support, expansion of social prescribing to boost youth mental health and investment in health visiting services are key policy asks sought by children’s charities, finds Amrit Virdi.

Lack of school readiness by reception linked to persistent absenteeism, say researchers

News

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Children who are not classed as "school ready" by the time they start reception are more likely to be persistently absent in later years, research finds.

Pilot launches to warn pupils about violence and harassment against girls

News

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

| CYP Now

A school pilot scheme is launching in Tameside to challenge violence and harassment against girls.

Council spending on early years and children’s services set for dramatic real-terms increase, data shows

News

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Local authority spending on early years provision is set to increase by almost half this year while children’s social care costs could see a real-terms increase of 11%, according to government data.

Impact of proposed changes to sex and relationships education

Analysis

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Proposed changes to relationships, sex, and health education (RSHE) guidance have generated significant discussion among educators, parents, and advocacy groups.

Longfield calls for new government poverty unit ahead of general election

News

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for the next government to establish a poverty unit sitting within Downing Street as part of a 10-point plan to halve child poverty by 2029.

The hits and misses of a ‘patchy’ parliament for children’s services

Features

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

The past five years saw a pandemic, Brexit fallout, the cost-of-living crisis and regular political upheaval. For children’s services, there was progress and missed opportunities. Experts pick the key developments.

Council apologises over EHCP delay linked to educational psychologist shortage

News

Monday, June 24, 2024

| CYP Now

A sharp increase in referrals for education, health and care plans (EHCPs) and a shortage of educational psychologists led to long delays in a mother accessing support for her son, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) has ruled.

High-achieving disadvantaged five-year-olds fall behind peers by age 14, study warns

News

Monday, June 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Children who are classed as high achieving at the age of five, but from less affluent backgrounds, are less likely to achieve the highest grades at GCSE compared with their wealthier peers, new research has found.

Multi-agency data sharing must be improved to boost child development, say early years leaders

News

Thursday, June 20, 2024

| CYP Now

The next government needs to develop a national dataset encompassing education, health and social care details for all children, according to recommendations made ahead of July’s general election by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

School role in tackling poverty eating into lesson time, teachers warn

News

Monday, June 17, 2024

| CYP Now

Supporting children who are hungry, tired and emotionally struggling due to hardship at home is eating away at time in the classroom, primary school teachers have said.

DfE data shows further rise in education, health and care plans

News

Friday, June 14, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of children and young people with an education, health and care plan (EHCP) rose more than 10% last year, latest data from the Department for Education reveals.

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

News

Friday, June 14, 2024

| CYP Now

The three main parties have published policy pledges in a bid to win the general election on 4 July.

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

News

Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Reducing child poverty, investing in school-based careers and mental health support for young people and giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote are among the Labour Party’s pledges in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

General Election 2024: Key manifesto pledges for education

News

Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Teacher recruitment and support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are among key issues the sector is calling for the next government to address.

Entrepreneur to lead commission on children's access to play

News

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

| CYP Now

An independent commission has been launched to investigate the state of children’s play in the UK and put forward recommendations for the next government on how to improve facilities and access to provision.

Conservative Party manifesto: restrictions on children's social media access among raft of pledges

News

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Creating more residential care places, restricting children’s access to social media and boosting post-16 vocational training opportunities are some of the key policies affecting children and young people in the Conservative Party’s general election manifesto.

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

News

Monday, June 10, 2024

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have pledged a series of policies to narrow the attainment gap for disadvantaged children and boost educational opportunities for young people in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

Significant increase in children living with vulnerabilities, DfE figures reveal

News

Friday, June 7, 2024

| CYP Now

There has been an 82% increase in council funded alternative provision (AP) placements for children not in mainstream school and a 15.4% rise in free school meal (FSM) eligibility since 2018/19, government figures show.

Most teachers providing food and clothing for disadvantaged children, research warns

News

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

| CYP Now

More than three-quarters of primary school teachers are spending their own money on basic food and clothing for their pupils, new research warns.

SEND funding overhaul 'should be a major priority' for next government, says think-tank

News

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

| CYP Now

Overhauling education funding to ensure schools can better meet rising demand for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) needs to be a priority for the next government, a think-tank is warning.

National Education Union urges next government to tackle child poverty

News

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

| CYP Now

The National Education Union (NEU) has urged the next government to focus on tackling child poverty in a bid to improve life chances for children.

‘Enjoyment is fundamental’: Campaigner’s vision to make PE inclusive for girls

Features

Monday, June 3, 2024

| CYP Now

"Amplifying the voices of girls" is key to removing barriers towards their enjoyment of PE, head of campaigns at Studio You Kate Peers tells CYP Now.

National family hubs plan would improve social mobility, researchers say

News

Monday, June 3, 2024

| CYP Now

A national strategy for children’s centres and family hubs is needed to improve social mobility for families from all backgrounds, according to a new report.

Lib Dems pledge tech tax to fund mental health professionals in schools

News

Thursday, May 30, 2024

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats would increase taxes on social media and tech giants to fund mental health professionals in every school if elected, the party has said.

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