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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Children who are not classed as "school ready" by the time they start reception are more likely to be persistently absent in later years, research finds.

Interview: Ashley John-Baptiste, BBC journalist and presenter

Features

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Amrit Virdi speaks to BBC journalist about his new book on his care experience.

More than 1,300 children in working families 'fall into poverty every week'

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

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The number of children living in poverty in working households increased by 1,350 a week on average between 2010 and 2023, analysis by the TUC has found.

Inside a family hub

Features

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Haringey’s first family hub has been open for just over a year. Nicole Weinstein visited the setting to find out how it works and the difference it makes to local children, young people and families.

Children with cancer need tailored support

Opinion

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

| CYP Now

The systems that seek to support children and young people with cancer and their families are failing them.

Pilot launches to warn pupils about violence and harassment against girls

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

| CYP Now

A school pilot scheme is launching in Tameside to challenge violence and harassment against girls.

Breaking the offending cycle

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

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Expert examines the evidence for specialist staff to support neurodiverse young people in custody.

Council spending on early years and children’s services set for dramatic real-terms increase, data shows

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

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 workforce

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

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

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

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

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

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

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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

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

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

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

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

Monday, June 24, 2024

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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.

Time for new thinking on custody for children

Opinion

Friday, June 21, 2024

| CYP Now

Whomever the new youth justice minister turns out to be, there are some issues about the future of custody that ought to be in their inbox.

Scotland commits to refreshed six-year plan for care-experienced young people

Friday, June 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The chair of the Scottish Independent Care Review, Fiona Duncan, has revealed a six-year plan to push forward progress on recommendations made in the country's 2016 review of children's social care.

General Election 2024: Achieving good emotional health for all

Friday, June 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The UK is facing a significant mental health crisis. The most recent NHS Adult Psychiatric Morbidity survey found that one in six adults in England had a common mental health condition, which included a range of diagnosable anxiety and depressive disorders.

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