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<img alt="Council weaknesses 'leave children at risk', warns Ofsted" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/5f8e2c14-7090-4ff3-9b97-0df4e1038e7a/3/ScreenShot20180518at121246-320x198.png" />
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The inspectorate uncovered the problems at Swindon Borough Council during a visit focusing on the performance of its initial response to child protection concerns through its multi-agency safeguarding...
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Published: 18 May 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 18 May: Summer-born children, GP appointments, and royal wedding" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/02581bd0-eeb5-43a1-a1cd-6e3fe655893a/1/schoolplayluciecarlier130612-320x198.jpg" />
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Delaying a summer-born child's entry to primary school has little impact on attainment, research has suggested. The BBC reports that children born in England between April and August, whose start in reception...
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Published: 18 May 2018
<img alt="Fast-track children's social workers 'no better than traditional recruits'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6a351ee7-fb3c-4be1-b066-e3a760a8f16a/3/TrainingLuckybusinessAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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Research commissioned by the Department for Education found no statistically significant difference between the two groups on a variety of measures including job satisfaction, career aspirations, progression...
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Published: 17 May 2018
<img alt="Government announces apprenticeship bursaries for care leavers" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1994f625-7417-47bc-9dcd-84115fbd4165/1/youngapprenticearlenconnelly090712-320x198.jpg" />
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The extra financial support will be available for 16- to 24-year-olds starting an apprenticeship after 1 August. It comes in addition to the £1,000 government provides to both employers and training providers...
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Published: 17 May 2018
<img alt="Third of councils yet to consider future multi-agency arrangements" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/76b04b7d-4dc8-4d02-9b49-39782918068e/1/metalhealthkaylinkashutterstock-320x198.jpg" />
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On the back of recommendations made in Sir Alan Wood's 2016 review of LSCBs the government intends to introduce a new statutory framework that will effectively remove the requirement for councils to have...
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Published: 17 May 2018
<img alt="Ombudsman rebukes councils over lack of special guardians support" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/df18e0a4-fed8-48a3-a054-0e70900b9aed/4/ScreenShot20170113at122634-320x198.png" />
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An LGO report, Firm Foundations, found that common shortcomings include councils not giving potential special guardians clear information about what the role involves, producing vague support plans and...
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Published: 17 May 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 17 May: Business advice, internet, and empowering girls" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/270e892d-6a8d-4a4d-8014-43b3261afa5f/3/ScreenShot20180517at120411-320x198.png" />
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Expert business advice is being offered to schools across the country to help them stretch their funding further, the Department for Education has announced. Schools minister Lord Agnew said more than...
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Published: 17 May 2018
<img alt="What Works Centre seeks 'pioneer councils' to develop social care best practice" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/93e7364d-bfe7-446f-a46f-3d02f6b98154/1/childandmothershutterstock-320x198.jpg" />
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The What Works Centre for Children's Social Care, which has been backed with £20m in government funding, has issued the call ahead of its official launch, which is expected to take place in 2020.
The...
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Published: 16 May 2018
<img alt="Children still at risk at inadequate council, Ofsted finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/a42e612a-d631-4eca-8b30-085452fb169e/3/ScreenShot20180516at124258-320x198.png" />
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A re-inspection of children's services at Surrey County Council, where serious concerns about how child sexual exploitation is dealt with were raised following a visit in 2014, concluded that leaders had...
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Published: 16 May 2018