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Trowler: More children considered 'at risk' should stay with families
<img alt="Trowler: More children considered &#39;at risk&#39; should stay with families" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/5f536b0e-5640-4eca-9da2-22be0dd5255a/3/isabelletrowlercreditsimonhadley-320x198.jpg" /> <p> A report by Isabelle Trowler, appointed by government as the first chief social worker for children and families in 2013, argues that cases where the decision to remove a child from their parents could... </p>
cypn
Published: 1 November 2018
Which councils will benefit from children's social care budget windfall?
<img alt="Which councils will benefit from children&#39;s social care budget windfall?" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/fccf8e73-5947-4c3e-b46b-044b9be3e738/2/cafcassworkerandchild-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The money will be available to a total of 20 councils - representing less than one in seven top-tier local authorities - which will share £85m over the next five years. That works out at an average of... </p>
cypn
Published: 1 November 2018
Drones and artificial intelligence to tackle youth violence? Home Office seeks 'innovative' ideas
<img alt="Drones and artificial intelligence to tackle youth violence? Home Office seeks &#39;innovative&#39; ideas" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/83172069-eb4c-423b-9ec9-51037e14f7d5/3/DroneYosefAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The Home Office is offering £500,000 to allow organisations to test out potential innovative technologies that can identify people carrying, overtly or covertly, steel-bladed knives in public open spaces.... </p>
cypn
Published: 1 November 2018
Stranger Danger
A new educational message designed to keep children safe from abduction is being piloted in the UK.
bbc
Published: 1 November 2018
Education spending now 'skewed' to poor following 'remarkable shift'
There has been a "remarkable shift" in education funding to benefit the poor, research suggests.
bbc
Published: 1 November 2018
Parents asked to pay for books and to attend events
Parents' monthly donations to the school fund rose by £2.45 over the past year to £11.35, a survey suggests.
bbc
Published: 1 November 2018
Eleven teachers sent home after refusing to teach 'unruly pupils'
Eleven staff at a school in Edinburgh are sent home without pay after claiming their safety is at risk.
bbc
Published: 31 October 2018
News story: Education Secretary appoints new Social Mobility Commissioners
Damian Hinds announces 12 Social Mobility Commissioners to support the new Chair of the Social Mobility Commission, Dame Martina Milburn.
d_f_e
Published: 31 October 2018
In the new edition of CYP Now: Early years food, social worker budgets, and tackling youth reoffending
<img alt="In the new edition of CYP Now: Early years food, social worker budgets, and tackling youth reoffending" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/3396bfaf-7655-4db7-9eb2-3e84d1d60ccd/3/InThisIssue301018-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The four-page feature outlines how policy and inspection developments are shaping practice and highlights settings delivering good outcomes for children. The main analysis assesses plans to trial giving... </p>
cypn
Published: 31 October 2018