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<img alt="Health visitors 'should take lead on infant mental health'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/38d3c4cd-6dcb-4a84-b631-a38540b11623/3/ScreenShot20170413at161801-320x198.png" />
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The institute said the move would help recognise mental health problems and offer support at a far earlier stage. It said health visitors are well placed to offer mental health advice to all family members...
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Published: 12 September 2018
<img alt="Two-year-olds miss out on funded childcare due to lack of places" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/a2d48f56-4065-40de-bf86-86403b7b5d71/1/creditarlenconnellyrgb-320x198.JPG" />
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The NatCen Social Research report on funded early education entitlements found that in 2018 just 72 per cent of eligible disadvantaged two-year-olds are taking up their 15 hours funded childcare entitlement....
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Published: 11 September 2018
<img alt="Inspectors warn of weaknesses in SEND support in Birmingham" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/93c25cd0-e9ef-4193-a084-3210fcc0cc0a/4/BirminghamfotobeamdeAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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The joint inspection team, from Ofsted and health watchdog the Care Quality Commission, found that pupils with SEND make weak academic progress, attend less often and are excluded more frequently than...
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Published: 11 September 2018
<img alt="Zahawi: Controversial legal guidance 'helps councils target child protection'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/22093140-e441-466f-bf24-c2341eedb8a3/5/NadhimZahawi-320x198.jpg" />
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The document, Children's Social Care statutory guidance myth busting, which has been published on the government's social care innovation website, highlights a number of elements of statutory guidance...
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Published: 11 September 2018
<img alt="Quality early years provision 'leads to fewer emotional difficulties' " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/637f3644-0f16-44d1-948d-099e5575b50e/1/nurserywellbeing-320x198.jpg" />
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The results of a long-term study funded by the government also revealed that children who are looked after by an informal carer, such as a relative, have better language development by their fourth birthday....
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Published: 10 September 2018
<img alt="Uniformed youth groups to expand with £5m funding boost" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/4b662b0e-e91c-4178-ba82-3f3df9e591f8/3/guides-320x198.jpg" />
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The money, from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, will be managed and distributed by the Youth United Foundation, to support expansion of police cadets, Scouts, Guides and faith-based...
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Published: 10 September 2018
<img alt="Media focus on knife crime 'fuelling excessive arrests of black children'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f841abdb-94f3-4b3f-929b-1ccbf287031e/5/PoliceBrianJacksonAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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The Howard League for Penal Reform said that while the overall number of child arrests have fallen for a seventh year in a row, BAME children continue to be treated unequally.
The charity said its data...
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Published: 10 September 2018
<img alt="Concerns remain at major children's trust, Ofsted finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1f881af1-7e07-4a80-90cf-270577646170/2/birminghamcouncil-320x198.jpg" />
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Birmingham Children's Trust was launched in April to improve standards within the council's children's services department, which have been rated as "inadequate" since 2009.
But in the second monitoring...
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Published: 7 September 2018
<img alt="Youth violence: Labour MP calls for action on 'dangerous' drill videos" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/4d8cfc92-d4ea-4519-ae45-153b715955f0/3/ScreenShot20180906at160211-320x198.png" />
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Lyn Brown, Labour's shadow treasury minister who represents the West Ham constituency, where nine teenagers and young adults have lost their lives to violent crime since 2017, said youth violence is "fuelled...
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Published: 6 September 2018