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<img alt="DfE announces £1m funding for mental health check pilots" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/64b16627-c9cc-46d9-85ff-75783674802f/5/NadhimZahawi-320x198.jpg" />
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Up to 10 pilot areas were set to start testing mental health assessments for looked-after children by May last year, but these were delayed as a result of the snap general election, and are still yet to...
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Published: 14 June 2018
<img alt="Housing barriers threaten young offender rehabilitation, study finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1812795b-b4e6-4213-8b0b-36b2db9e57f5/2/27db18e4fddfb4dee00408d94ea8d4efjpg-320x198.jpg" />
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The research report by social justice charity Nacro and youth homelessness charity Centrepoint found that accessing safe and stable accommodation is vital to reducing reoffending when young people leave...
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Published: 13 June 2018
<img alt="Fears for safety of missing girl left homeless by Islington Council" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/fe2fb887-2ae9-4fda-a7ff-b26398f52e50/4/IslingtonTownHall2Aug2014-320x198.jpg" />
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A report by the ombudsman found that a series of failures resulted in the girl becoming "lost in the system".
It said that Islington Council failed to separate the teenager's need for help from her...
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Published: 13 June 2018
<img alt="Council's children's services rated 'good' by Ofsted" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/be8dd82c-af65-4316-a847-854cba9eb21a/3/Townhallaerial-320x198.jpg" />
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Bolton Council's children's services have been upgraded to "good" overall after the visit from the inspectorate which took place in April and May this year. The department overall, as well as its leadership...
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Published: 13 June 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 13 June: Fake news, social impact, and courtroom evidence" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/4f4600e5-e970-46fe-aefd-b568691823a8/2/TextingMarcosMesaSamWordleyShutterstock-320x198.jpg" />
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Only two per cent of children and young people in the UK have the critical literacy skills they need to tell if a news story is real or fake, it has been found. A report by the Commission on Fake News...
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Published: 13 June 2018
<img alt="Kinship support central to tackling 'care crisis', review finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/7cc6e307-3803-4d6d-a1bb-212cff5d5513/2/kinshipcarefamilyrightsgroup-320x198.jpg" />
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The Care Crisis Review, which launched last November, found that professionals need to collaborate more with familes of vulnerable children and work with them towards a plan to allow them to stay with...
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Published: 13 June 2018
<img alt="Early years sector faces leadership shortage, MPs hear" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/68295e64-2d26-46c3-8648-cda07fdaaebe/4/LizBayram-320x198.png" />
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Speaking at an education select committee hearing for its inquiry on the impact of pre-school education on children's life chances, Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (Pacey) chief...
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Published: 12 June 2018
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The Conservative minister responsible for youth justice has quit his job over the way Theresa May is delivering Brexit, ahead of critical votes in the House of Commons. The Independent reports that Dr...
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Published: 12 June 2018
<img alt="Free early years schemes 'disproportionately benefit the better-off'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/930057a2-7617-4b46-87e5-303129fee851/2/c97185489e9e3d605bf4e06aaf170a9egif-320x198.gif" />
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Academics at the London School of Economics (LSE) analysed the government's National Pupil Database figures to find out whether children were taking up places as soon as they were eligible. Looking...
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Published: 12 June 2018