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<img alt="Services for vulnerable children and young people 'at breaking point'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b6a03bb7-5bbe-4064-ade9-7af519b6424b/4/PhilipHammondParliamentTV1-320x198.png" />
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In an open letter to Prime Minister Theresa May and Chancellor Philip Hammond, the National Children's Bureau (NCB), the National Education Union (NEU), Coram and the Child Poverty Action Group, among...
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Published: 22 October 2018
<img alt="Troubled Families teams to get £5m to tackle youth violence" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/67446a4a-ef21-45f9-a6fe-c28ac83ed2f1/3/TroubledFamiliesPhotographeeeuAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said the Supporting Families Against Youth Crime fund will allow keyworkers, community groups, teachers and other professionals working with children...
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Published: 22 October 2018
<img alt="Government to toughen child safeguarding requirements for charities" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d2a91376-dec8-420b-bbb0-10eb3627d3af/3/TraceyCrouch-320x198.jpg" />
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Government plans include developing digital solutions that will make it easier for all employees, volunteers and individuals being supported by any charity to report concerns, and give better access to...
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Published: 22 October 2018
<img alt="Youth Justice Board chair to lead review into pain-inducing restraint" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/5b902912-07a0-4364-9c04-ea04590a74ec/1/screenshot20120628at12-320x198.png" />
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Such techniques are already banned in secure children's homes (SCHs), but are allowed in young offender institutions (YOIs) and secure training centres (STCs), as well as when escorting young people to and...
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Published: 19 October 2018
<img alt="Youth groups receive Home Office money to tackle extremism" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/3329740b-e715-4307-a5dc-388af53b7492/3/s300homeoffice-320x198.jpg" />
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The funding has been made available through the government's counter-extremism programme Building a Stronger Britain Together.
Those receiving funding include The Anne Frank Trust UK, which will use...
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Published: 19 October 2018
<img alt="Early years assessment: More reception pupils achieve 'good' development" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/5b557e75-7854-4268-82b3-17a7d84abd3a/1/childcare-320x198.jpg" />
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The Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) results, published by the Department for Education, show that 71.5 per cent of children achieved a good level of development in 2018, a 0.8 percentage point...
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Published: 19 October 2018
<img alt="Government considers 'inclusivity incentives' for schools to tackle exclusions" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/77d0f94d-f03b-4783-b640-130bb2f79cd7/5/ScreenShot20180119at111958-320x198.png" />
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A report published by the education select committee in July warned that too many children are being excluded and effectively abandoned in specialist provision.
Since 2013/14, there has been a 40 per...
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Published: 18 October 2018
<img alt="One in three secondary school pupils 'has mental health problem'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2168d05c-10b5-435a-8fd5-dadee3b6dca2/1/classroom-320x198.jpg" />
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The children's charity surveyed 5,555 secondary school pupils across the UK aged between 13 and 18, and found that 33 per cent have mental health and emotional problems such as depression, or a lack of...
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Published: 18 October 2018
<img alt="Massive increase in children's services statutory responsibilities under Conservative government" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/068da693-e046-49f3-96dd-7aa7c2634979/2/27542a02ec357c264ec3a31ef0edb41agif-320x198.gif" />
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A list compiled by the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has calculated that there are now 299 statutory duties compared with about 200 in 2011, shortly after the Conservative Party...
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Published: 18 October 2018