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PRU pupils to get mental health support thanks to grant

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

| CYP Now

Dozens of students at a London pupil referral unit (PRU) are to benefit from intensive mental health support to help them re-enter mainstream school thanks to a six-figure grant.

Looked-after children less likely to attend higher education, study shows

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

| CYP Now

Young people in care or those who experienced care at 13 or 14 have significantly lower expectations of attending higher education than their peers, new research shows.

Coronavirus: Latest advice for schools, nurseries, children’s homes and social workers

Features

Thursday, May 14, 2020

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister has revealed plans to begin easing lockdown measures in England imposed to stop the Covid-19 pandemic.

Charity calls for extra support for adopted children on return to school

News

Monday, May 4, 2020

| CYP Now

Schools will need to put in place a package of psychological and practical support for vulnerable children to help them make a smooth transition back to full-time education once the UK’s lockdown measures are eased, a leading care charity has said.

Five key points Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has faced questions from the education select committee on the impact of Covid-19 on the education sector and disadvantaged children.

Vulnerable children ‘hidden’ during lockdown, children’s commissioner warns

News

Saturday, April 25, 2020

| CYP Now

New data profiling the extent of child vulnerability across each local authority during lockdown does not take into account that much of it is hidden from sight, the children’s commissioner for England has warned.

Online support services 'less effective' than face-to-face sessions

News

Thursday, April 23, 2020

| CYP Now

Moving intervention services for children online during the coronavirus crisis may result in disadvantaged young people receiving less effective support, new research has warned.

Minister backs plans to relax council duties to vulnerable children

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

| CYP Now

The government will not row back on plans to relax local authorities' statutory duties to vulnerable young people, including care leavers, children’s minister Vicky Ford has said.

'Very low' numbers of vulnerable children attending school, figures reveal

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

| CYP Now

Just five per cent of all vulnerable children, including those with child protection and education, health and care (EHC) plans, attended schools in England and Wales over Easter, new government figures reveal.

Five key things the children's minister told the education select committee

News

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

| CYP Now

Children’s minister Vicky Ford has answered questions put forward by the education select committee on the government’s response to safeguarding vulnerable children amid the coronavirus crisis.

The challenges residential schools face to protect children from sexual abuse

Blogs

Thursday, April 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Volunteers deliver 5,000 food parcels to children eligible for free school meals

News

Thursday, April 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Hundreds of volunteers have delivered more than 5,000 food parcels to families eligible for free school meals in the West Midlands to "plug gaps" in the government's voucher scheme.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

Other

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

System links council’s education and social care data

Best Practice

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

Visibility of children’s wider needs helps care and education staff make better decisions.

Coronavirus: Thousands of children 'have not received substitute free school meals'

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Monday, March 30, 2020

| CYP Now

Tens of thousands of children eligible for free school meals may not have received substitute meals or vouchers after schools closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, new research suggests.

Number of children in care with SEN increases

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Friday, March 27, 2020

| CYP Now

Increasing numbers of children in care have a special educational need (SEN) making them almost four times more likely to receive specialist support than non-looked after children, government statistics show.

Coronavirus: MPs to probe impact of pandemic on children’s services

News

Friday, March 27, 2020

| CYP Now

MPs have launched an inquiry into the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on children’s services and schools.

Coronavirus: DfE warning over free school meals scam

News

Thursday, March 26, 2020

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has issued a warning over a scam email being sent to parents of children eligible for free school meals amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus: Isolation advice for children's homes and special schools

News

Monday, March 23, 2020

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has issued guidance for children’s homes and residential special schools on managing isolation during the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus: Five key resources for professionals

News

Friday, March 20, 2020

| CYP Now

Children’s charities, organisations and workers' unions have issued advice to professionals working to support children amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus: Government announces plans for free school meals

News

Thursday, March 19, 2020

| CYP Now

The government has issued advice for head teachers on how to provide free school meals amid closures due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus: DfE reveals list of key workers as schools close

News

Thursday, March 19, 2020

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has released a list of key workers critical to tackling the coronavirus outbreak whose children will still be allowed to attend school.

Coronavirus: Calls for clarity over free school meals in event of closures

News

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

| CYP Now

Head teachers have called on the government to ensure vulnerable pupils continue to receive free school meals if settings are closed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus: Ofsted suspends inspections amid outbreak

News

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

| CYP Now

Ofsted has suspended all inspections including those involving schools, early years settings and children’s social care provision due to the outbreak of coronavirus in England.

Budget: Five key priorities to be addressed

News

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

| CYP Now

Investment in youth services, a “properly remunerated” childcare workforce and clarity on pay for kinship carers are among issues the sector has called for the Chancellor to include in his Budget.

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PRU pupils to get mental health support thanks to grant

Looked-after children less likely to attend higher education, study shows

Coronavirus: Latest advice for schools, nurseries, children’s homes and social workers

Charity calls for extra support for adopted children on return to school

Five key points Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

Vulnerable children ‘hidden’ during lockdown, children’s commissioner warns

Online support services 'less effective' than face-to-face sessions

Minister backs plans to relax council duties to vulnerable children

'Very low' numbers of vulnerable children attending school, figures reveal

Five key things the children's minister told the education select committee

The challenges residential schools face to protect children from sexual abuse

Volunteers deliver 5,000 food parcels to children eligible for free school meals

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

System links council’s education and social care data

Coronavirus: Thousands of children 'have not received substitute free school meals'

Number of children in care with SEN increases

Coronavirus: MPs to probe impact of pandemic on children’s services

Coronavirus: DfE warning over free school meals scam

Coronavirus: Isolation advice for children's homes and special schools

Coronavirus: Five key resources for professionals

Coronavirus: Government announces plans for free school meals

Coronavirus: DfE reveals list of key workers as schools close

Coronavirus: Calls for clarity over free school meals in event of closures

Coronavirus: Ofsted suspends inspections amid outbreak

Budget: Five key priorities to be addressed

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