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This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Public Health Project Support Officer, Maria McCann, for the attention of all Schools and Early Years Settings.
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Published: 31 January 2019
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More than 10 per cent of YOTs are not using these alternative methods to dispose of first-time or low-level offences, leading to charities raising concerns about a "postcode lottery".
The survey, conducted...
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Published: 31 January 2019
The government signals a 2% pay cap for teachers pay in England for next year.
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Published: 31 January 2019
The watchdog is to investigate 400,000 penalty fines from visits to dentists.
bbc
Published: 31 January 2019
<img alt="Inspectors praise council's 'trauma-informed' focus" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6f1011ce-6016-4626-8db1-4cb9cc18dc6d/4/IslingtonTownHall2Aug2014-320x198.jpg" />
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So far staff at 11 schools across Islington have received "trauma-informed training" and a further eight are completing the programme this year, the joint inspection by Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission,...
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Published: 31 January 2019
<img alt="Supreme Court ruling could help thousands of children threatened with DBS disclosure" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/89912d0b-ec27-4c10-8a2b-8899d21d611e/2/form-320x198.jpg" />
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The Supreme Court heard the case of a young person whose career was blighted by the threatened disclosure of two youth reprimands, imposed when he was a young teenager. Such disclosures on Disclosure...
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Published: 31 January 2019
This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Public Health Programme Officer, Timothy Howells, for the attention of Schools and Early Years in Slough.
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Published: 31 January 2019
<img alt="Charity calls for leniency in the sentencing of young adults" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/5d59972d-c70d-4982-bd6b-29ee7d112227/3/courtcase-320x198.JPG" />
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The call for a different approach to offenders aged between 18 and 25, comes from the Howard League for Penal Reform, which claims this group of prisoners is particularly vulnerable to risk of harm. The...
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Published: 31 January 2019
One of the targeted students said she felt "terrified" at the prospect of seeing the men on campus again.
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Published: 31 January 2019