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<img alt="Sector responds to report on government failings in children&#39;s social care" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/785f8065-5d6f-4847-950e-c7a757087d5a/2/AnneLongfield-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Charity, civil service and council representatives have said the damning Pressures on Children's Social Care report, published today by the NAO, highlights a mismatch between government policy, funding... </p>

<img alt="MPs issue warning over academies governance" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/ccd6c2a8-0cee-4c9b-ada8-af690ac1addb/2/AnntoinetteBramble-320x198.jpg" /> <p> A report published by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) found academy trusts, which account for 7,500 schools in England educating about 3.8 million pupils, were not being held to account by the DfE... </p>

<img alt="Medway STC review criticises use of pain-inducing restraint on young people" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2d788ff0-7096-411a-8862-d0ecf65938e1/2/6477a12cb8bc83f5cef8e2d9056bade5gif-320x198.gif" /> <p> The review by Medway Safeguarding Children Board looked at allegations of excessive force being used against young offenders at Medway STC, following a BBC Panorama investigation in January 2016. It... </p>

<img alt="Early years providers paint bleak picture on staff skills and training" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f111f9f6-a714-4aba-aa84-778a67b090b4/2/ChildcaretrainingMonkeyBusinessAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Sector researcher Ceeda sets out the findings in its About Early Years Sector Skills Survey, based on research with 557 childcare providers employing 8,511 staff. Some 55 per cent of private, voluntary... </p>

<img alt="Domestic abuse bill &#39;missed chance&#39; to protect children, warns NSPCC" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/638cb5a2-6423-493f-b610-e9bbd81f992b/1/domesticabuseshutterstock-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The NSPCC says the draft Domestic Abuse Bill, published today, has missed an opportunity to recognise all children as victims in law. If it were to include under-16s in its statutory definition, children... </p>

<img alt="Blackpool children&#39;s services downgraded to &#39;inadequate&#39;" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/636215fe-9bba-48e1-bc3c-80256c84af55/1/blackpooltower22-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Inspectors visited Blackpool Council in November and December last year for its first full inspection of children's services since being rated as "requires improvement" in 2014. Since then the quality... </p>