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Teenagers say that a change in tuition fees could decide whether or not they go to university.
bbc
Published: 5 February 2019
More than 600 people a day leave their jobs because of the demands of being a carer for a relative.
bbc
Published: 5 February 2019
<img alt="Council accused of 'misleading' public over children's centre closures" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e7c1e5e3-c5a2-416a-94d6-ba51f48f96bd/3/NorfolkCountyCouncilPictureGoogle-320x198.png" />
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Norfolk County Council last month announced its decision to reconfigure provision via a new Early Childhood and Family Service, to be run from just 15 children's centres across the county.
Under the...
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cypn
Published: 4 February 2019
<img alt="Charities pool resources to improve children's literacy" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d37ba2a4-04af-4492-b76d-dfd210597c7b/3/Coram-320x198.jpg" />
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Literacy charity Beanstalk is joining children's charity group Coram to "pool resources and expertise to make a positive difference for more children".
Coram Beanstalk aims to provide consistent, one-to-one...
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cypn
Published: 4 February 2019
<img alt="Concerns raised over decrease in fostering places" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/13b7f73c-6a85-4a6b-91df-8e86580c5e89/2/080512fostercarermorguefile-320x198.jpg" />
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Some 43,475 households were approved for fostering in 2017/18, down 460 from the previous year, according to the Fostering in England report. Despite a rise in the number children being placed, foster...
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cypn
Published: 4 February 2019
<img alt="Calls for register of home-educated children as figures rocket" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/5a985652-d2d8-46eb-958a-e2fa369ab51d/3/HomeschoolingAdobeStockAfricaStudio-320x198.jpg" />
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The commissioner, Anne Longfield, wants the register to be introduced "without delay", after she found high numbers with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) were among those who are electively...
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cypn
Published: 4 February 2019
<img alt="Lack of sleep link to anxiety in children, study shows" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e3b70271-b750-4205-ad10-61b23782c3e0/3/ScreenShot20170602at094402-320x198.png" />
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The survey of almost 1,000 pupils aged 10 and 11 and 13 and 14 found that those who get less than the recommended nine hours' sleep on a school night are more likely to worry about issues at school and...
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cypn
Published: 4 February 2019
Many of those educated at home are invisible to local authorities says the children's commissioner.
bbc
Published: 4 February 2019
Parents and teachers react to the minister of school standards' suggestion that smartphones be banned.
bbc
Published: 3 February 2019