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Former DCS to manage quango cuts

Monday, October 4, 2010

| CYP Now

An influential former director of children's services (DCS) has been tasked with overseeing the abolition of quangos within the Department for Education (DfE).

Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer

Features

Friday, October 8, 2010

| CYP Now

Beverley Hughes, the former children's minister who was awarded a peerage in May, is preparing to get stuck into her new role in the House of Lords, in which she says her old brief will be her top priority.

Spending Review: The sector delivers its verdict

News

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

| CYP Now

As the dust settles following the government's comprehensive spending review, experts reflect on what the announcement could mean for the children's sector.

Analysis: UN convention on the rights of the child - Where the UK falls short on children's rights

Other

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

| CYP Now

The UN Committee delivered its verdict earlier this month on how well the UK is meeting the terms of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Joe Lepper examines its conclusions and asks how treatment of the UK's children can be improved.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

News

Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

Education reforms for pupils in juvenile custody delayed

News

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

| CYP Now

Moves to give young people in custody the same entitlement to education as mainstream pupils have been pushed back by six months, CYP Now has learned.

Government puts work of children's sector bodies on hold

News

Monday, May 17, 2010

| CYP Now

The new Department for Education has called a moratorium on the work of all government quangos and arm's length bodies in the children and young people's sector.

Election 2010: Party Policy Guide

Other

Friday, April 23, 2010

| CYP Now

The general election will have a huge influence on how we improve young lives. CYP Now has scrutinised the manifestos and other policy commitments to bring you the definitive guide to what the main parties pledge on the key issues for children, young people and their families.

School police officers cut youth crime

News

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Basing police officers in schools reduces youth crime and antisocial behaviour, according to a report.

Daily roundup: School uniforms, A-Levels, and court cases

Other

Thursday, August 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Charity calls for school uniforms to be ditched, the proportion of top A-Level grades is down on last year, and a minister wants more young offenders dealt with in youth courts, all in the news today.

Youth justice roundup

Other

Thursday, August 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending service praised, school exclusions and grants to address anti-social behaviour, all in the news in the past seven days.

Daily roundup: Library closures, free childcare, and DNA swabs

Other

Monday, September 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's laureate criticises government failure to stop library closures; Labour outlines free childcare plans; and Welsh police have taken the DNA of 5,000 children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Antisocial behaviour, free schools, and child detention

Other

Monday, October 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Nuisance injunctions will "promote intolerance of youth"; Labour backs free schools; and hundreds of children locked up in police cells each week, all in the news today.

4Children and LGA consortium to run Early Intervention Foundation

News

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

| CYP Now

A consortium led by the charity 4Children has been selected as the preferred bidder to run the first Early Intervention Foundation, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Daily roundup: Profit-making schools, help to stop smoking, and preparing young people for work

Other

Thursday, January 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Plan to allow profit-making companies to run free schools, a stop smoking service for young people in Wales, and a Department for Education scheme to get young people into work, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Electronic tags, 'train surfing', and a new training agency for teachers

Other

Thursday, January 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Figures show two-thirds of young people fitted with electronic tags go on to break their court order, warning over 'train surfing' craze in Wales, and plans to merge the Teaching Agency and the National College for School Leadership, all in the news today.

Third of councils yet to consider future multi-agency arrangements

News

Thursday, May 17, 2018

| CYP Now

One in three councils are yet to consider how they will replace local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) with new arrangements for multi-agency working, a study has found.

Legal Update: The Children and Families Bill

Other

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Bill includes a number of proposed reforms to existing legislation. Christopher Sykes, legal officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the principal changes

A fresh workforce strategy is vital

Other

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The ability to make a difference to children's lives is critically affected by the quality and training of the professionals and practitioners who work with them.

Increase in proportion of unqualified teachers in alternative schools

News

Friday, July 20, 2018

| CYP Now

Children excluded from mainstream schools are two-and-a-half times more likely to have an unqualified teacher, research has found.

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Former DCS to manage quango cuts

Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer

Spending Review: The sector delivers its verdict

Analysis: UN convention on the rights of the child - Where the UK falls short on children's rights

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Education reforms for pupils in juvenile custody delayed

Government puts work of children's sector bodies on hold

Election 2010: Party Policy Guide

School police officers cut youth crime

Daily roundup: School uniforms, A-Levels, and court cases

Youth justice roundup

Daily roundup: Library closures, free childcare, and DNA swabs

Daily roundup: Antisocial behaviour, free schools, and child detention

4Children and LGA consortium to run Early Intervention Foundation

Daily roundup: Profit-making schools, help to stop smoking, and preparing young people for work

Daily roundup: Electronic tags, 'train surfing', and a new training agency for teachers

Third of councils yet to consider future multi-agency arrangements

Legal Update: The Children and Families Bill

A fresh workforce strategy is vital

Increase in proportion of unqualified teachers in alternative schools

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