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<img alt="Health visitors warn of 'child tragedy' fears as caseloads rise" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b30e703b-e9e9-4a2b-89ac-3ed6408cf018/4/ScreenShot20170413at161728-320x198.png" />
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A survey of more than 1,200 health visitors found that 43 per cent believed they may not recognise a child in need until it's too late as a result of rising demands in recent years.
The findings showed...
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Published: 6 December 2018
<img alt="MPs seek to improve support for kinship carers" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/56a14c74-c079-4ca1-b234-8f8e65ef5d20/3/ScreenShot20181206at130108-320x198.png" />
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The taskforce, which formally launched this week, said its year-long project will challenge "patchy and inadequate" support for kinship carers and their families. Its formation comes on the back of...
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Published: 5 December 2018
<img alt="DfE announces drive to place more looked-after children in boarding schools" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/da4b50a1-68ad-4178-91e1-4f5a76dc239c/3/ClassroomRimmdreamAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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Up to 10 hubs connecting local authorities, social workers and virtual school heads, with independent and boarding schools, will be established in late 2019.
These will support children in care by offering...
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Published: 5 December 2018
<img alt="Inspectors praise 'outstanding' youth offending team" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f31a9a42-36ac-4d19-9977-490477314127/1/restoration-320x198.jpg" />
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Inspectors said work conducted by Essex Youth Offending Service (YOS), which is one of the largest YOT areas in England and Wales, with the fifth highest volume of post-court cases and the second highest...
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Published: 5 December 2018
<img alt="Children's services cuts 'a false economy', Ofsted warns" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/9ca605b1-8840-49ec-9c46-3790f9481dd5/4/amandaspeilman-320x198.jpg" />
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The inspectorate's annual report noted that while the overall effectiveness of children's services provision is continuing to improve, the impact of ongoing financial restrictions risks jeopardising progress....
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Published: 4 December 2018
<img alt="Spielman: Shortcomings in SEND support a national scandal" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/5caab7cc-75cf-4c63-bff8-ab5fbae74b41/2/SENDOlesiaBilkeiAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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The inspectorate's annual report for 2017/18 highlights a series of concerns about the quality of support for children with SEND.
It warns that education, health and care (EHC) plans for children with...
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Published: 4 December 2018
<img alt="Child neglect offences double since 2012" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/c1796d13-190d-401a-82bf-a11cb92320cd/3/Stockimageneglect-320x198.jpg" />
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Figures collected by the charity from the Home Office and police in Northern Ireland and Scotland showed that in 2017/18 forces recorded 16,939 child cruelty and neglect offences, up from almost 7,965...
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Published: 4 December 2018
<img alt="Government proposes voluntary safeguarding code for out-of-school settings" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/c3e8024a-b8ef-4e96-ad45-6dc6ae5880b1/1/studyshutterstock-320x198.jpg" />
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Out-of-school settings, such as religious settings, tuition centres, home education environments, youth centres, uniformed youth organisations, and extra curricular clubs, are currently not regulated by...
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Published: 3 December 2018
<img alt="Fears of 'childcare staffing crisis' amid steep drop in trainee early years teachers" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6fe48909-3f23-4891-b830-f7ab97e3527f/2/PictureMagdaRikitaSavetheChildren-320x198.png" />
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Teacher training figures published by the Department for Education show there were 365 new entrants to an early years teacher training course in the 2018/2019 academic year.
This is 185 fewer than in...
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Published: 30 November 2018