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<img alt="DCSs warn of bidding wars and rising prices for residential care" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/67d3eb7e-9645-4493-b490-29b42fee5f3f/1/childincaremorguefile-320x198.jpg" />
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At a House of Commons public accounts committee session MPs heard from two directors of children's services on the increasing costs to find suitable places for children with complex problems who need specialist...
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Published: 5 February 2019
<img alt="Council accused of 'misleading' public over children's centre closures" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e7c1e5e3-c5a2-416a-94d6-ba51f48f96bd/3/NorfolkCountyCouncilPictureGoogle-320x198.png" />
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Norfolk County Council last month announced its decision to reconfigure provision via a new Early Childhood and Family Service, to be run from just 15 children's centres across the county.
Under the...
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Published: 4 February 2019
<img alt="Charities pool resources to improve children's literacy" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d37ba2a4-04af-4492-b76d-dfd210597c7b/3/Coram-320x198.jpg" />
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Literacy charity Beanstalk is joining children's charity group Coram to "pool resources and expertise to make a positive difference for more children".
Coram Beanstalk aims to provide consistent, one-to-one...
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Published: 4 February 2019
<img alt="Concerns raised over decrease in fostering places" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/13b7f73c-6a85-4a6b-91df-8e86580c5e89/2/080512fostercarermorguefile-320x198.jpg" />
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Some 43,475 households were approved for fostering in 2017/18, down 460 from the previous year, according to the Fostering in England report. Despite a rise in the number children being placed, foster...
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Published: 4 February 2019
<img alt="Calls for register of home-educated children as figures rocket" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/5a985652-d2d8-46eb-958a-e2fa369ab51d/3/HomeschoolingAdobeStockAfricaStudio-320x198.jpg" />
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The commissioner, Anne Longfield, wants the register to be introduced "without delay", after she found high numbers with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) were among those who are electively...
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Published: 4 February 2019
<img alt="Lack of sleep link to anxiety in children, study shows" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e3b70271-b750-4205-ad10-61b23782c3e0/3/ScreenShot20170602at094402-320x198.png" />
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The survey of almost 1,000 pupils aged 10 and 11 and 13 and 14 found that those who get less than the recommended nine hours' sleep on a school night are more likely to worry about issues at school and...
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Published: 4 February 2019
<img alt="No-deal Brexit threatens EU youth scheme" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/c67a44b1-5a3b-4172-b730-31140d406870/2/euflag-320x198.jpg" />
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A Department for Education technical notice published this week states that if the UK leaves the European Union (EU) with a deal in place then funding for the current programme, which runs from until 2020,...
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Published: 1 February 2019
<img alt="One in 10 YOTs 'miss opportunities' to divert children from crime" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/ce8049d6-f276-40e0-9fb7-5490b533f208/2/dispersalzonesyotpoliceofficerrobinhammond-320x198.jpg" />
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More than 10 per cent of YOTs are not using these alternative methods to dispose of first-time or low-level offences, leading to charities raising concerns about a "postcode lottery".
The survey, conducted...
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Published: 31 January 2019
<img alt="Inspectors praise council's 'trauma-informed' focus" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6f1011ce-6016-4626-8db1-4cb9cc18dc6d/4/IslingtonTownHall2Aug2014-320x198.jpg" />
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So far staff at 11 schools across Islington have received "trauma-informed training" and a further eight are completing the programme this year, the joint inspection by Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission,...
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Published: 31 January 2019