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<img alt="Steiner school plans legal challenge against critical Ofsted report" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/c9d885c2-1aa9-42bb-9505-89d24c3b8f11/2/stmattscampus-320x198.jpg" />
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The report into Steiner Academy Bristol was published last week and found a raft of concerns including staff using "inappropriate physical intervention" in dealing with children.
The concerns are so...
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cypn
Published: 25 January 2019
<img alt="Social workers to be given direct spending powers to support families" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6a9f8710-a4f8-4be6-90c4-da3b08687a57/1/alanwood-320x198.jpg" />
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The What Works Centre for Children's Social Care is to work with six councils across two ‘change projects' until March 2020 to test out new ways of reducing the children in care population.
A total...
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cypn
Published: 25 January 2019
Some unconditional offers are "akin to pressure selling", the regulator says.
bbc
Published: 25 January 2019
<img alt="New director for London's Violence Reduction Unit" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/a467ad39-3bd2-4624-89f1-3be0f22aefee/2/libpeck-320x198.png" />
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Labour councillor Lib Peck will stand down from her job as council chief to join the £6.8m unit set up by Sadiq Khan last year to tackle violence across the capital.
Peck's responsibilities will include...
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cypn
Published: 24 January 2019
The organisation says it accepted 54 voluntary redundancies in response to its "financial issues".
bbc
Published: 24 January 2019
Damian Hinds answers Politics Live viewers about funding for schools in England, teaching of black history and inclusion of LGBT students..
bbc
Published: 24 January 2019
This article has been brought to you by Councillor Shabnum Sadiq (Wexham Lea) Lead Member for Education and Children's Services, for the attention of Slough Schools.
Published: 24 January 2019
<img alt="Youth parliamentarians target knife crime" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/7e73bb44-d5bb-43b0-9e8f-677f552540a5/2/ActionAgainstKnifeCrimegrey-320x198.jpg" />
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Following the ballot, UK Youth Parliament has launched its Action Against Knife Crime campaign, which aims to focus the minds of policymakers after 37 children and young people died in this way in England...
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cypn
Published: 24 January 2019
<img alt="Inspections of 'outstanding' schools reveal falling standards" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/75a7908e-8baf-4deb-8058-457912ec561c/3/AmandaSpielman-320x198.png" />
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At a House of Commons public accounts committee (PAC) hearing, Amanda Spielman told MPs that 72 outstanding schools have been inspected this academic year.
Of these, three-quarters have been downgraded...
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Published: 24 January 2019