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<img alt="Labour calls for 'radical overhaul' in apprenticeships" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d632b172-e2c2-42ff-a20e-1c446639e075/2/ApprenticeMonkeyBusinessAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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Speaking during a parliamentary debate on apprenticeships, Judith Cummins said schools should work closely with local businesses and colleges to help young people access vocational skills for future employment....
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Published: 15 January 2019
<img alt="Sugar education to be part of core school subjects" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/9fedf416-375d-4ac0-8eeb-1cdc6e5a5212/3/Sugarresource2-320x198.jpg" />
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Public Health England (PHE) revealed the average 10-year-old has consumed 18 years' worth of sugar - an excess of 2,800 sugar cubes each year - according to government data.
With more than a third...
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Published: 14 January 2019
<img alt="School debt climbs nearly fourfold, warns think-tank" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/77b43269-284c-4efe-a1ec-dbb8dce5da08/1/f6967683fbe2bff331e146e2ef77b96bjpg-320x198.jpg" />
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In 2017/18, 30.3 per cent of local authority-run secondary schools were in deficit, which is almost four times 2014's proportion of 8.1 per cent, according to Education Policy Institute analysis.
The...
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cypn
Published: 11 January 2019
<img alt="MPs criticise government's child mental health plans" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b886b0b0-dc0d-4d0d-8520-d9e789191b40/3/MegHillierMPPictureParliamentTV-320x198.png" />
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The House of Commons public accounts committee is particularly critical of the government's 2015 Future in Mind strategy, which is backed by £1.4bn in funding and pledges "a cross-departmental vision"...
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Published: 11 January 2019
<img alt="Rise in SEND children stretches childcare providers' finances" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/4ef28c95-35a1-4fdb-8ddd-7104c22abfa0/1/sensupportcharliepinder-320x198.jpg" />
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According to latest government data, the number of children with education, health and care (EHC) plans or statements of SEN attending private, voluntary and independent (PVI) nurseries has risen 54 per...
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Published: 10 January 2019
<img alt="Calls to overhaul youth remand system" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/8982643b-18ab-4d4e-af08-31a5ae31aec2/1/penelopegibbscreditpetercrane-320x198.jpg" />
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A report by the charity Transform Justice says poor practice and lack of understanding of child welfare is leading to children being unnecessarily imprisoned on remand.
Although the number of children...
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cypn
Published: 10 January 2019
<img alt="Fees hike 'threatens children's homes'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/bb195e61-c2d5-4213-987d-88ef4583cfe2/3/JonathanStanleyTomCampbell-320x198.jpg" />
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In a draft response to an ongoing government consultation on the above-inflation increase to the Ofsted registration fee, the Independent Children's Homes Association (ICHA) urges the government to...
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Published: 10 January 2019
<img alt="Minister admits lack of progress for Traveller pupils" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d0317166-5b43-446a-8040-ecdb28550def/1/b6d353ed0ef1d4748d1e3dddcc1f90f1jpg-320x198.jpg" />
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Speaking to a cross-party group of MPs, children's minister Nadhim Zahawi said he had to be "honest" about progress on attainment levels among the group, which are far below the national average.
"It...
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cypn
Published: 9 January 2019
<img alt="Spending on children's centres and youth services down £140m" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/a3076142-0f0a-47db-b64f-762517f2d4e9/1/surestartarlenconnelly270712-320x198.jpg" />
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Section 251 outturn data for 2017/18 shows local government expenditure on services for young people were also slashed by £32m in 2017/18, compared to the previous financial year. The data submitted...
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Published: 9 January 2019