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Daily roundup: Pupil premium plus, inequality in schools and retirement for the chief executive of the YJB

Monday, September 3, 2012

| CYP Now

A call for more education funding for children in care, concerns over school provision for ethnic minority pupils, and the chief executive of the Youth Justice Board announces his intention to retire, all in the news today.

Number of first-time young offenders falls by a fifth

News

Friday, February 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of young people entering the criminal justice system for the first time has dropped by 20 per cent, according to the latest official figures.

Daily roundup: Funding for young offenders; Birmingham protests, and violence against parents

Other

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authority funding for young offenders is cut; protests over the future of children's services in Birmingham, and European Commission cash for a UK study on violence against parents, all in the news today.

Brinsford YOI slammed for 'squalid' conditions

News

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners are demanding the closure of a young offender institution near Wolverhampton after conditions were labelled as the worst seen by inspectors.

Probation services criticised over child protection flaws

News

Thursday, August 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Probation staff are poorly trained in child protection and lack a clear understanding of what to do if children are potentially at risk, a damning report has concluded.

Children's services chiefs hit out at youth justice cuts

News

Thursday, September 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to make emergency in-year cuts of £13.5m to youth justice work have been blasted by children's services chiefs and youth justice managers.

Campaigners call on police to end overnight detention of young people

News

Monday, December 12, 2011

| CYP Now

Prison campaigners have called for a ban on under 14s being detained in police cells overnight, labelling the practice "dangerous and frightening".

YOTs urged to improve data sharing on imprisoned children

News

Thursday, May 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams (YOTs) have been told to improve the way they share information on young people sentenced to custody to make services more efficient and safe.

Inquiry reveals failings prior to death of 15-year-old in custody

News

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Better communication between prison staff and mental health services may have helped prevent the suicide of a 15-year-old boy in youth custody, an inquiry has found.

Courts set to consider ethnicity when sentencing under-18s

News

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Courts will be required to take into account the overrepresentation of black and ethnic minority children in the youth justice system when they sentence children, under new guidance coming into force this summer.

YOI praised for progress prior to custody death

News

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

| CYP Now

A young offender institution where a 15-year-old boy was found hanging in January was praised by inspectors following a visit just two months before his death, a report has revealed.

Researchers to explore the issue of sex in youth custody

News

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

| CYP Now

Sex in young offender institutions and secure training centres will be investigated as part of a two-year study by the Howard League for Penal Reform.

Critics attack ‘illegal' plan to use force in secure colleges

News

Thursday, February 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners have hit out at plans to allow staff at secure colleges the power to use force on children and young people to "ensure good order and discipline".

Young people in secure children's homes exceed education expectations

News

Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

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

Other

Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

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.

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

News

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

| CYP Now

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

News

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

| CYP Now

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'

News

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

| CYP Now

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

Youth custody 'unsafe' for half of boys

News

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

| CYP Now

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

News

Friday, November 11, 2011

| CYP Now

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

News

Thursday, May 16, 2013

| CYP Now

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.

YJB warns minister of serious incident risk

News

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Moves to relax national standards for youth offending teams could lead to serious incidents such as murders or rape as a result of looser supervision, the Youth Justice Board has warned.

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

News

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

| CYP Now

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.

No decision on girls in secure colleges, government adviser claims

News

Thursday, July 10, 2014

| CYP Now

A final decision on whether girls will be held alongside boys in secure colleges has yet to be made, a senior government mandarin has insisted.

Daily roundup: Careers guidance, council cuts, and smoking

Other

Thursday, January 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Call for government to extend National Careers Service; research shows cuts affecting deprived areas more; and Lords back bid to ban smoking in cars, all in the news today.

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