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DfE 'failing to understand' rising children's social care demand
<img alt="DfE &#39;failing to understand&#39; rising children&#39;s social care demand" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/39733446-8461-4538-a8be-0b9b969bcdd3/2/Morse-320x198.png" /> <p> Since 2010 the number of children taken into care has risen by 15 per cent and in 2017/18 the national overspend by councils on children's social care was £872m. But a National Audit Office (NAO) review... </p>
cypn
Published: 22 January 2019
Medway STC review criticises use of pain-inducing restraint on young people
<img alt="Medway STC review criticises use of pain-inducing restraint on young people" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2d788ff0-7096-411a-8862-d0ecf65938e1/2/6477a12cb8bc83f5cef8e2d9056bade5gif-320x198.gif" /> <p> The review by Medway Safeguarding Children Board looked at allegations of excessive force being used against young offenders at Medway STC, following a BBC Panorama investigation in January 2016. It... </p>
cypn
Published: 22 January 2019
Welsh pupils refused hot school dinners due to credit debt
A leading councillor says the school meals "scandal" is like being back "in the dark ages".
bbc
Published: 22 January 2019
When your dad decides to do the same apprenticeship as you
Dominic Foster and his dad John are on the same apprenticeship at the same company.
bbc
Published: 22 January 2019
'I'm mixed-race, is Cambridge University right for me?'
Anoushka has been offered a place at Cambridge. But she's mixed race and worries she won't fit in. Should she accept the offer?
bbc
Published: 22 January 2019
All school music lessons 'should be free', MSPs say
Holyrood's education committee says that "in principle", all school music tuition should be free.
bbc
Published: 22 January 2019
The teen Primark model with vitiligo
Kaiden Williams, 13, recently featured in a campaign for the clothes store and is inspiring others.
bbc
Published: 22 January 2019
Early years providers paint bleak picture on staff skills and training
<img alt="Early years providers paint bleak picture on staff skills and training" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f111f9f6-a714-4aba-aa84-778a67b090b4/2/ChildcaretrainingMonkeyBusinessAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Sector researcher Ceeda sets out the findings in its About Early Years Sector Skills Survey, based on research with 557 childcare providers employing 8,511 staff. Some 55 per cent of private, voluntary... </p>
cypn
Published: 21 January 2019
Domestic abuse: Non-physical and economic abuse included in law
Economic abuse will be included in legal definition and abusers stopped from cross-examining victims.
bbc
Published: 21 January 2019