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Support unit for family drug and alcohol courts faces closure
<img alt="Support unit for family drug and alcohol courts faces closure" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/4a6623d7-cfd3-4b4a-aef1-485c99c807f9/3/domesticviolencedimitrimashutterstockcom-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The unit supports the work of the 10 family drug and alcohol courts (FDACs), which bring the judiciary and multi-agency services together to help substance-misusing parents involved in care proceedings... </p>
cypn
Published: 9 July 2018
Daily roundup 9 July: Child arrests, disability, and 'brewing storm'
<img alt="Daily roundup 9 July: Child arrests, disability, and &#39;brewing storm&#39;" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b9c708d1-927f-4cf7-b740-c8643d76a6ae/2/3b663c900a8aca0c066774252c54fde9jpg-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Nearly 300 children under the age of 12 were arrested for carrying a weapon in London over the last three years, figures show. The Evening Standard reports that Metropolitan Police figures from 2015 to... </p>
cypn
Published: 9 July 2018
DfE warns of uphill struggle to secure children's services funding
<img alt="DfE warns of uphill struggle to secure children&#39;s services funding" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b8e3c7d2-1f43-4fcb-87a2-c56d66c3d682/1/c3be8fbee29f0ff6992be087835887dfjpg-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Graham Archer, director of children's social care, improvement and learning at the DfE, told delegates at the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) annual conference in Manchester that... </p>
cypn
Published: 9 July 2018
News story: Childcare and early years applications: delays in July
There will be delays to processing childcare and early years application forms in July while we upgrade our IT systems.
ofsted
Published: 9 July 2018
Young people with learning disabilities 'isolated' and 'hidden'
A 17-year-old with autism says that for years she thought something was "quite weird about me".
bbc
Published: 9 July 2018
Inspectors criticise quality of SEND support in North Somerset
<img alt="Inspectors criticise quality of SEND support in North Somerset" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/674745d7-5c64-448a-8f54-5e6aa9db19fa/4/townhall-320x198.jpeg" /> <p> The joint inspection team, from Ofsted and health watchdog the Care Quality Commission, found that council and health services are failing to offer children and their families their legal entitlement of... </p>
cypn
Published: 6 July 2018
Underachieving boys 'benefit from targeted work experience'
<img alt="Underachieving boys &#39;benefit from targeted work experience&#39;" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/ebbebd5e-11d8-4a73-a876-f9fddb3b6534/3/ScreenShot20180709at120419-320x198.png" /> <p> Evidence from the work experience pilot, involving 20 year 10 boys, has found that their expected GCSE grades have increased, with some moving up two maths sets after completing the project. Their aspiration... </p>
cypn
Published: 6 July 2018
Daily roundup 6 July: Sign language, work experience, and bin men
<img alt="Daily roundup 6 July: Sign language, work experience, and bin men" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f48ba65d-947c-4bd4-b4e9-11bd650f4c47/4/DanielJillings1-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The family of a deaf boy from Suffolk has launched a campaign to challenge the government's "discriminatory" decision to delay the introduction of a GCSE in British Sign Language (BSL) and is calling for... </p>
cypn
Published: 6 July 2018
Recruitment and retention strategy – sign up for an event near you
This article has been brought to you by the Department of Education's Teacher Recruitment Bulletin: July 2018, for the attention of Headteachers.
Published: 6 July 2018