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<img alt="DCSs warn of bidding wars and rising prices for residential care" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/67d3eb7e-9645-4493-b490-29b42fee5f3f/1/childincaremorguefile-320x198.jpg" />
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At a House of Commons public accounts committee session MPs heard from two directors of children's services on the increasing costs to find suitable places for children with complex problems who need specialist...
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cypn
Published: 5 February 2019
The money from David Harding is the biggest single British donation to a UK university.
bbc
Published: 5 February 2019
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