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Local authority spending on early years provision is set to increase by almost half this year while children’s social care costs could see a real-terms increase of 11%, according to government data.

Factors in shrinking youth services workforce

Analysis

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

NYA’s first workforce survey highlights lack of younger youth workers amid rising demand for services.

Baby deaths reveal culture of poor practice

Analysis

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

High-profile deaths of two babies in preventable incidents in nurseries have raised wider issues over safeguarding procedures.

Five ways social care can build on the foundations of the last parliament

Features

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

The last parliament provided a rich foundation for sustained action in children’s social care. We saw encouraging cross-party consensus on the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care and the National Panel reports.

Impact of proposed changes to sex and relationships education

Analysis

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Proposed changes to relationships, sex, and health education (RSHE) guidance have generated significant discussion among educators, parents, and advocacy groups.

Longfield calls for new government poverty unit ahead of general election

News

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for the next government to establish a poverty unit sitting within Downing Street as part of a 10-point plan to halve child poverty by 2029.

The hits and misses of a ‘patchy’ parliament for children’s services

Features

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

The past five years saw a pandemic, Brexit fallout, the cost-of-living crisis and regular political upheaval. For children’s services, there was progress and missed opportunities. Experts pick the key developments.

A strategy to deliver an ambitious mission for children

Blogs

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

In its Missions for Government, Labour has set out ambitious goals for our children. This includes a promise to boost child development so that half a million more children attain the early learning goals by 2030.

Prioritise foster care retention over recruitment drives, campaigners urge

News

Monday, June 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Investment in foster care recruitment drives is “futile” without addressing deeper issues around retention in the role, campaigners have said.

Dreaming big for Windrush generation

Blogs

Monday, June 24, 2024

| CYP Now

I’ve always been a dreamer and I’m unapologetic about this; the optimism within these dreams nourishes me.

Council apologises over EHCP delay linked to educational psychologist shortage

News

Monday, June 24, 2024

| CYP Now

A sharp increase in referrals for education, health and care plans (EHCPs) and a shortage of educational psychologists led to long delays in a mother accessing support for her son, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) has ruled.

High-achieving disadvantaged five-year-olds fall behind peers by age 14, study warns

News

Monday, June 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Children who are classed as high achieving at the age of five, but from less affluent backgrounds, are less likely to achieve the highest grades at GCSE compared with their wealthier peers, new research has found.

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