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<img alt="Quarter of early years workers 'considering quitting' due to stress" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/ea495a14-7568-4877-80bd-07a655b8bc18/1/neilleitchcreditluciecarlier-320x198.jpg" />
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A survey conducted by the Pre-school Learning Alliance found that 57 per cent of early years practitioners say they have suffered from anxiety as a result of work, while 26 per cent have experienced depression....
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Published: 1 June 2018
<img alt="Longfield calls on councils to improve stability for children in care" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/ff51206e-05f5-401c-9160-0067b08fdf80/2/annelongfield-320x198.jpg" />
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Anne Longfield's annual Stability Index 2018 found that 53,000 looked-after children (74 per cent of the total children in care population) had experienced a change in their placement, school or social...
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Published: 31 May 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 31 May: Free schools, funded internships, and refugee support" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/62dc9e7f-42c5-4cf0-9b9f-f4577bfbd06e/2/2ada678bfaed0b0f5817e931e6c44e86jpg-320x198.jpg" />
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Parent groups have only been behind about one in five of the free schools that have been opened, say researchers. The BBC reports that the flagship policy, launched under the coalition government, was...
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Published: 31 May 2018
<img alt="Four in 10 children in foster care 'sexually active by age 12'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f7497188-7f15-4e15-b50b-7637d0c99784/2/condom-320x198.jpg" />
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Research published by Cardiff University found that children in foster care in Wales are significantly more likely to report ever having had sexual intercourse, and to report an earlier age of intercourse....
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cypn
Published: 31 May 2018
<img alt="Major study to explore whether child abuse triggers psychopathy" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/5323a649-8c0a-4ceb-a621-d3d22e68d938/2/workwithyoungoffender-320x198.gif" />
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A team from the University of Huddersfield will survey the group of children, which will include a number of young offenders, in a bid to shed light on the issue.
It said previous research among serious...
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cypn
Published: 31 May 2018
<img alt="Teenagers and single parents 'at highest risk of domestic abuse'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/4dedc96b-2180-4793-bcd3-3d64453d1424/2/68136b1aca1d382e317481fa551905aajpg-320x198.jpg" />
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Figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has found that 7.6 per cent of 16- to 19-year-old girls had been the victim of abuse by a partner or ex-partner over the previous 12 months. ...
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Published: 31 May 2018
<img alt="In the June edition of CYP Now: Early childhood development; Grenfell youth work; and beating burnout" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/edaffa7c-7aa1-4313-9e1d-b623a36c0cb4/3/InThisIssueJune2018CYPNow-320x198.jpg" />
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The special report also includes four examples of innovative practice: outdoor play at an inner city nursery; how Better Start is being implemented in Blackpool; a specialist pre-school unit for children...
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Published: 31 May 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 30 May: Domestic abuse, Ofsted visit, and stabbing death" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e1ad3bf4-5077-4062-9642-a161c31d2a60/1/260312domesticviolencedavidmccullough-320x198.jpg" />
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Children's lives are being put at risk because victims of domestic abuse are not being given safe or fair hearings, it has been claimed. The Guardian reports that a study by Women's Aid and Queen Mary...
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Published: 30 May 2018
<img alt="Ofsted praises council's 'outstanding' children's services leadership" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/8c855e55-7aa1-4a6d-b97a-2fc788389daa/3/Capture-320x198.png" />
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During a visit to the London borough in April, inspectors found that senior managers and councillors have a determination to constantly improve children's services and are open to learning new ways of...
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Published: 30 May 2018