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Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Friday, September 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's homes will be required to show how they support young people and respond to their wishes as part of ongoing government efforts to improve standards.

Leicestershire lays groundwork for under-5s public health transfer

Other

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

In October 2015, local authorities will gain responsibility for commissioning the national Healthy Child Programme (HCP).

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

News

Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Somerset County Council has announced it has terminated the contract of the interim director of children's services (DCS) for failing to deliver improvements at the struggling authority quickly enough.

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

News

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

| CYP Now

A struggling council that a government report recommended be scrapped and replaced with two new unitary authorities is pushing ahead with plans to establish children's services to an independent trust in 12 months' time.

News roundup: Disabled young people, birth parents' rights, and men in childcare

Other

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

| CYP Now

A report warns that disabled young people miss out on shaping services; changes to birth parents' rights to maintain contact with children in care, and early years leaders urged to challenge stereotypes around male professionals, all in the news today.

Converter academies 'refusing' support to struggling schools, MPs find

News

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

| CYP Now

High-achieving schools that take academy status are reneging on their promise to support poorly performing schools, according a damning report from MPs.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Office of the Children's Commissioner reforms

Other

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposals to reform the Office of the Children's Commissioner aim to strengthen children's rights in line with international standards.

The 2014 Report: Performance improvement

Other

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Over the lifetime of the current parliament, local government funding will fall by 43 per cent, while demands on children's social care have increased. Politicians have made funding children's services a priority, increasing spending at the expense of other budgets.

Recognising good factors can help the less fortunate

Other

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner Maggie Atkinson on supporting those at the margins of society.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

Other

Monday, March 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Chamber of Commerce warning on youth unemployment figures; fraction of public health spending goes on child obesity; and government launches action plan to tackle violence against females, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Youth services, asylum seekers, and smoking ban

Other

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Council youth services spending falls by more than a third in two years; 509 former child asylum seekers deported since 2009; and doctors call for ban on smoking for anyone born after 2000, all in the news today.

School safeguarding, mental health, and healthy living

News

Friday, March 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Coventry schools to have safeguarding checks; trust defends offering counselling in cafes; and smoking bans deliver child health benefits, all in the news today.

Charity boss challenges accuracy of 'at risk' data

News

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Official figures on children in need are massively underestimating the numbers at risk of neglect and abuse, charity boss Camila Batmanghelidjh has said.

Local authorities won't be ‘written out of the script' in education, says Laws

News

Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Local authorities have a "crucial role" to play in education despite increasing numbers of academies, the minister for schools has said.

Care begins at home as Timpson gets to grips with punishing brief

Other

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

In his first interview since taking office, Edward Timpson outlines how he plans to address the challenges ahead

The mother of all governors

Other

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

| CYP Now

Gabriella Jozwiak talks to National Governors' Association chief Emma Knights

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

News

Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and families minister Edward Timpson has praised the efforts of people working to improve children, young people and families' lives, at the 2012 CYP Now Awards.

Daily roundup: Housing benefit for under-25s, child poverty and an inquiry into Booktrust

Other

Monday, December 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Government rumoured to have shelved plans to scrap housing benefit for under-25s, charities rally to protect children in poverty, and MPs demand an inquiry into funding for the Booktrust, all in the news today.

Resilience prevails amid Osborne's bleak choices

Opinion

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Like a piercing, bitter English winter, Chancellor George Osbourne's "autumn statement" was eye-wateringly harsh. It is, without doubt, children and young people growing up in the most deprived households who are being asked to bear the brunt.

The 2015 Report: The year ahead for children and young people

Other

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

The year 2015 looks set to be pivotal in determining the direction of services for children, young people and families over the rest of the decade.

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Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Leicestershire lays groundwork for under-5s public health transfer

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

News roundup: Disabled young people, birth parents' rights, and men in childcare

Converter academies 'refusing' support to struggling schools, MPs find

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Office of the Children's Commissioner reforms

The 2014 Report: Performance improvement

Recognising good factors can help the less fortunate

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

Daily roundup: Youth services, asylum seekers, and smoking ban

School safeguarding, mental health, and healthy living

Charity boss challenges accuracy of 'at risk' data

Local authorities won't be ‘written out of the script' in education, says Laws

Care begins at home as Timpson gets to grips with punishing brief

The mother of all governors

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

Daily roundup: Housing benefit for under-25s, child poverty and an inquiry into Booktrust

Resilience prevails amid Osborne's bleak choices

The 2015 Report: The year ahead for children and young people

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