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Child health outcomes to decline over next decade, experts warn
<img alt="Child health outcomes to decline over next decade, experts warn" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/65bd19ce-a165-4775-8607-fb36c3a9195c/3/ScreenShot20180521at130434-320x198.png" /> <p> A study published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) predicts that if current trends continue England will fall even further behind its European counterparts. Using long-term... </p>
cypn
Published: 12 October 2018
Study to test how military-style adventure programme improves attainment
<img alt="Study to test how military-style adventure programme improves attainment" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/66186957-fceb-4bdc-94d2-d7146eea4e64/1/outwardboundtrustclimbing-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The Adventure Learning Trial, funded by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), will see 2,300 13- and 14-year-olds engage in one of two adventure learning programmes run by character education organisation... </p>
cypn
Published: 12 October 2018
First suicide for 20 years in secure children's home
<img alt="First suicide for 20 years in secure children&#39;s home" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/deecd29c-2682-4ba4-b035-e3127495fef9/1/yoilockphiladams030512-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) annual report has revealed that during 2017/18 it investigated two deaths of young people accommodated in secure children's homes (SCH). This is the first time... </p>
cypn
Published: 12 October 2018
Press release: FE providers benefit from scheme to boost teaching workforce
Eighty new expert teachers to be recruited from industry into further education through the £5 million Taking Teaching Further programme.
d_f_e
Published: 12 October 2018
Speech: Damian Hinds speech at Confederation of School Trusts conference
Education Secretary speaks at launch of Confederation of School Trusts to praise the diversity and accountability of academies.
d_f_e
Published: 11 October 2018
News story: Damian Hinds: Autonomy leads to progress in our schools
Education Secretary praises the diversity and accountability of the academies system, saying leaders “should be in the driving seat”.
d_f_e
Published: 11 October 2018
Call to boost after-school youth work to reduce risk of violence
<img alt="Call to boost after-school youth work to reduce risk of violence" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/066daf08-474e-4c84-a627-98db7db00b70/1/0b5c02360c3c6858054801047f8a8cd6jpg-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Speaking in a House of Commons debate on youth violence, Vicky Foxcroft, Labour MP for Lewisham Deptford, said that evidence given to the Youth Violence Commission shows that knife attacks are most common... </p>
cypn
Published: 11 October 2018
Jeremy Corbyn: Schools should cover 'role and legacy' of British Empire
The Labour leader says future generations should be taught about the struggle for racial equality.
bbc
Published: 11 October 2018
Sharp rise in care applications for newborn babies
<img alt="Sharp rise in care applications for newborn babies" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d156116d-058e-48d5-a1b1-89070ecdbea5/2/ScreenShot20181011at144357-320x198.png" /> <p> A study by the Nuffield Foundation, Born into Care, found that in 2007/08, 1,039 babies were subject to care proceedings within one week of birth. By 2016/17, this number had more than doubled at 2,447,... </p>
cypn
Published: 11 October 2018