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<img alt="DfE 'misguided and shortsighted' on children's services spending" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/4f080e32-33f6-406e-b246-a5499907de54/3/Capture-320x198.png" />
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Despite concerns among local authorities that the ongoing squeeze on budgets is placing increasing pressure on frontline services, the DfE's position in recent years has been that there is no evidence...
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Published: 21 June 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 21 June: Zombie knives, 30 hours childcare, and forced marriage" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/ca32fc08-73e2-4e09-ad1f-a47244b4cfc1/3/ka4vunjdbkrcv6pgxpa6-320x198.jpg" />
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Zombie knives, knuckle dusters, and other dangerous weapons will be made illegal both in public and private as part of government efforts to make it harder for young people to buy knives. The Home Office...
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Published: 21 June 2018
<img alt="Think-tank urges fast-track graduate scheme for school mental health specialists" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6d8ec0f9-f1a0-4cf4-ab8f-8c6f83aa9e2c/2/mentalhealthtreatment-320x198.jpg" />
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As part of a range of measures to address concerns about mental health problems among pupils, the education think-tank LKMco is calling for a new school-based mental health development programme to be...
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Published: 20 June 2018
<img alt="Innovative practice to be shared at Early Help conference" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/7d247af2-8a71-4d7d-8d62-5320f78d90ea/3/TechnologyRawpixelcomAdobeStock109280132NEW-320x198.jpg" />
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Jo Casebourne, chief executive of the Early Intervention Foundation for the past year, will deliver the opening keynote talk, while a presentation from the Local Government Association and Newton Europe...
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Published: 20 June 2018
<img alt="Children's trust appoints new chief executive" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/899fd8f0-0bc7-4982-810e-1d3778bea9dc/3/WokinghamLisaHumphreys-320x198.jpg" />
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Lisa Humphreys will take over from the interim chief executive, Andrew Bunyan, in September. Bunyan was appointed following the retirement of Nicola Clemo, who had led the trust since its creation, in...
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Published: 20 June 2018
<img alt="Government rejects call to increase childcare support for out-of-work parents" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/41883d60-58e4-4098-9df4-b14b6130fbc3/1/ac3d7989e7a3e78f067b8a372d29e88fgif-320x198.gif" />
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In March, the treasury select committee's childcare report called on ministers to remove age restrictions on childcare support for parents entering training.
Currently, only parents aged under 20 who...
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Published: 20 June 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 20 June: Mobile phones, medical cannabis, and airport detention" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/8bda4454-575c-417e-abf6-742f9baec458/4/MobilePhoneSextingMorguefile-320x198.jpg" />
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Children should have mobile phones confiscated at the start of the school day, Matt Hancock, the Culture Secretary, has said. The Telegraph reports that Hancock wants more head teachers to "follow the...
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Published: 20 June 2018
<img alt="Nurseries face escalating funding gap for free childcare offer" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d83cd1bf-7af3-42dc-90f7-49c842789d5a/1/ofstedchildcarecreditndna-320x198.jpg" />
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A survey by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) found that government funding for each three- and four-year-old in their care is now £2,166 short of the actual annual cost, compared with a funding...
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Published: 19 June 2018
<img alt="Rotherham announces new children's services director" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/52cda6a5-ab47-4503-85ec-3ec6ca5117fc/3/Stonehouse-320x198.png" />
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Rotherham Council said Jon Stonehouse, who has been in charge of provision in York since 2014, will join the local authority in the next few months, subject to completion of references.
His appointment...
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Published: 19 June 2018