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DfE overspends by £1bn on academy expansion

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Thursday, November 22, 2012

| CYP Now

The Department for Education overspent by £1bn on its academy expansion programme in just two years, it has emerged.

Minister to investigate 'unfair' cuts to voluntary sector youth services

News

Thursday, November 29, 2012

| CYP Now

?A government minister has pledged to probe allegations that local authorities are breaching statutory guidance by making disproportionate cuts to youth charities.?

Ask the Expert: Marking Christmas

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Funding Watch: Fulfilling Lives - A Better Start

Other

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

News

Friday, January 4, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's decision to compel local authorities to reveal their early intervention expenditure by publishing a funding profile has been attacked as a "meaningless exercise".

Councils under pressure to meet the surge in demand for school places

Other

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities across England have been devising strategies to cope with the shortage of primary school places caused by the increasing birth rate and migration movements, as they await their capital funding allocations

Ofsted highlights lack of support for children placed out of area

News

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Not enough is being done by local authorities to support children who are placed in care far away from home, Ofsted has warned.

ADCS president Alan Wood backs councils to drive social care improvement

News

Thursday, April 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said local authorities need to be at the centre of driving improvement in children's services.

Play England director Catherine Prisk steps down

News

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Catherine Prisk is to step down as director of Play England at the end of the week after a restructure of management arrangements at the charity.

New Barnardo's chief eyes strategic role in children's services

News

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Barnardo's new chief executive wants the charity to manage, commission and deliver statutory children's services in partnership with local authorities as it evolves into a more strategic organisation over the next few years.

Childcare experts raise fears that Birmingham pay plans are unviable

Other

Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years providers are sceptical that Birmingham City Council's living wage plans are workable.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Centre offers five-star provision

Best Practice

Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Harpenden children's centres monitor children's progress to ensure they get a stellar start in life.

Charities call to end 'market' in children's services

News

Monday, July 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Leading children's charities have backed calls for the introduction of a fairer commissioning and contracting system for children's services, one that is based on co-operation, not competition.

Mutual appreciation

Other

Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Laura McCardle meets Sandra Richardson, chief executive of Knowsley Youth Mutual.

Ask the Expert: Troubled youth workers

Other

Monday, April 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Checks on school spending must be stronger, MPs warn

News

Friday, May 11, 2012

| CYP Now

An influential group of MPs has warned that systems for monitoring schools spending in England are not up to scratch.

Ask the Experts: Achieving promotion

Other

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Ask the Experts: Recruiting trustees

Other

Monday, June 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's charities change tack as public funding dries up

Other

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

| CYP Now

As 34,000 children and young people's charities suffer combined public funding cuts of £405m, many are adopt ing fresh strategies to deliver services including collaborating with others and expanding into new areas

Social work reforms have ‘raised the confidence' of profession

News

Friday, June 15, 2012

| CYP Now

The development of a College of Social Work, more robust standards for employers and better supervision of newly qualified social workers is raising the confidence of the profession, according to the final report of the Social Work Reform Board.

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