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School debt climbs nearly fourfold, warns think-tank
<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" /> <p> 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... </p>
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Published: 11 January 2019
MPs criticise government's child mental health plans
<img alt="MPs criticise government&#39;s child mental health plans" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b886b0b0-dc0d-4d0d-8520-d9e789191b40/3/MegHillierMPPictureParliamentTV-320x198.png" /> <p> 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"... </p>
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Published: 11 January 2019
Universal credit: U-turn on two-child cap on benefit
Minister scraps plan to cap child-related benefits for families with more than two children born before 2017.
bbc
Published: 11 January 2019
Ethnic minority academics speak out over unfair pay
Some staff say they are unlawfully being paid thousands less for the same work as white colleagues.
bbc
Published: 11 January 2019
'Worsening' funding problems for schools
Almost a third of local authority secondary schools in England are in debt, a study suggests.
bbc
Published: 11 January 2019
'I went to Oxford with undiagnosed TB'
Tilly Rose challenges people's pre-conceived ideas about her and helps others get a university place.
bbc
Published: 11 January 2019
Home education: Court rules against German Christian family
The European Court of Human Rights said taking the family's four children into care was justified.
bbc
Published: 10 January 2019
Rise in SEND children stretches childcare providers' finances
<img alt="Rise in SEND children stretches childcare providers&#39; finances" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/4ef28c95-35a1-4fdb-8ddd-7104c22abfa0/1/sensupportcharliepinder-320x198.jpg" /> <p> 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... </p>
cypn
Published: 10 January 2019
The school using giant book murals to encourage reading
An Illinois school's attempt to encourage students to read has proven popular on social media.
bbc
Published: 10 January 2019