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NSPCC urges focus on cases of child sexual abuse by under-18s

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

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Police have received more than 5,000 reports of under-18-year-olds sexually abusing other children over the last three years, according to figures obtained by the NSPCC.

Daily roundup: Exclusion inequalities, the Budget and early years teachers

Thursday, March 21, 2013

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Children unfairly excluded from schools, campaigners say the Budget failed disadvantaged children, and DfE consults on early years teacher standards, all in the news today.

Young people in secure children's homes exceed education expectations

Monday, April 28, 2014

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Rates of education progress for young people held in secure children's homes are around double the expected level, a study has found.

Daily roundup: Pupil behaviour, children's homes and nursery inspections

Friday, August 1, 2014

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Assaults by pupils on primary school teachers on the rise; new risk assessment guidance for children's homes published; and quarter of early years settings not inspected in last four years, all in the news today.

Inspectors criticise Norfolk Police on child sexual exploitation

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

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Norfolk Police has been told to take urgent action to improve its work on child sexual exploitation (CSE) after inspectors highlighted concerns over the issue.

Parliament to have power of veto on placing girls in secure college

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

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MPs and Lords will have the power to block plans to hold girls and younger boys in a controversial £80m secure college following a government climb-down in the face of opposition.

YJB proposes cuts to spending on youth custody staff

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

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Spending on staff in young offender institutions (YOIs) will be cut and efforts to make the restraint system safer will be shelved as part of Youth Justice Board (YJB) proposals to deal with emergency in-year cuts imposed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), it has emerged.

System 'fails vulnerable children leaving custody'

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

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Vulnerable children are leaving custody without adequate support, the chief inspector of prisons has found.

50,000 children locked up by police

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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More than 50,000 children under the age of 16 were held in police cells in 2008 and 2009 it has emerged.

Youth custody 'unsafe' for half of boys

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

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Almost half of all boys held in young offender institutions (YOIs) feel "unsafe" in custody, the highest level recorded since the Prisons Inspectorate began recording views in 2001, a study has found.

Revised assessment to offer comprehensive picture of young offender needs

Friday, November 11, 2011

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An assessment tool for young offenders that will forge closer links with health and children's services is set to be introduced to produce a fuller picture of the needs of children in the youth justice system.

MoJ shelves plans to transfer custody budgets

Thursday, May 16, 2013

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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has no plans to devolve the cost of youth custody to local authorities once a high-profile pilot project finishes this year, it has emerged.

Daily roundup: Child sexual exploitation; ‘punishment room' claims, and action on junk food

Monday, February 18, 2013

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A campaign to break the taboo of child sexual exploitation, claims of autistic children being ‘locked up' for bad behaviour, and a call for a ban on junk food advertising, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child benefit changes, care proceedings pilot, and how childcare can 'make work pay'

Monday, October 29, 2012

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A million letters sent to warn parents of child benefit changes, a pilot project reduces the length of care proceedings, and a call for government investment in childcare, all in the news today.

‘Looked after' status not beneficial for all children on remand, claims ADCS

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

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Plans to class under-18s remanded to custody as "looked after" could prevent practitioners working in the best interests of young people, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

NSPCC survey finds violence in the home increases risk of antisocial behaviour in children

Thursday, May 31, 2012

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Children who witness family violence are more likely to seriously harm another person, run away from home, be excluded from school or carry a weapon, according to a survey by the NSPCC.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

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A new director of children's services has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to turn around the troubled department.

Minister criticises Hamzah Khan review findings

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

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Children's minister Edward Timpson has slammed a review into the death of toddler Hamzah Khan for failing to answer key questions about the case, claiming it contains "glaring absences".

School safeguarding failures prompt intervention threat

Monday, December 16, 2013

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Children's minister Edward Timpson has warned that the government could intervene in the running of a school where a teacher abducted and had sex with a 15-year-old pupil.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Thursday, January 2, 2014

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The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

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