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<img alt="Child health outcomes to decline over next decade, experts warn" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/65bd19ce-a165-4775-8607-fb36c3a9195c/3/ScreenShot20180521at130434-320x198.png" /> <p> A study published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) predicts that if current trends continue England will fall even further behind its European counterparts. Using long-term... </p>

<img alt="Study to test how military-style adventure programme improves attainment" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/66186957-fceb-4bdc-94d2-d7146eea4e64/1/outwardboundtrustclimbing-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The Adventure Learning Trial, funded by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), will see 2,300 13- and 14-year-olds engage in one of two adventure learning programmes run by character education organisation... </p>

<img alt="First suicide for 20 years in secure children&#39;s home" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/deecd29c-2682-4ba4-b035-e3127495fef9/1/yoilockphiladams030512-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) annual report has revealed that during 2017/18 it investigated two deaths of young people accommodated in secure children's homes (SCH). This is the first time... </p>

<img alt="Call to boost after-school youth work to reduce risk of violence" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/066daf08-474e-4c84-a627-98db7db00b70/1/0b5c02360c3c6858054801047f8a8cd6jpg-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Speaking in a House of Commons debate on youth violence, Vicky Foxcroft, Labour MP for Lewisham Deptford, said that evidence given to the Youth Violence Commission shows that knife attacks are most common... </p>

<img alt="Ofsted praises supportive children&#39;s services environment in Manchester" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f461634c-7c7a-4b4b-8be9-e16a269fceb7/1/171a498f9087b2a0ef017483b7000578gif-320x198.gif" /> <p> A focused visit to the local authority found that children's social workers had manageable caseloads ranging from 22 to 24 children, and they felt positive about working for the authority. However,... </p>

<img alt="Theresa May announces annual review of children&#39;s mental health" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/51bd447e-08af-454d-859b-ab793aae8a6f/4/TheresaMayCreditJayAllenCopyrightCrownCopyright-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The government said hopes schools and other bodies will use the "state of the nation" report to inform their policies and management of children's mental health from October 2019.   The document will... </p>