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Published: 3 July 2018
The Chief Inspector discussed multi-academy trusts (MATs) and the implications of system-wide challenges for Ofsted.
ofsted
Published: 3 July 2018
<img alt="Architects of SEND system criticise government progress" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e8eec83b-44df-405f-be28-5991b3c24a72/3/ScreenShot20180704at120014-320x198.png" />
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Appearing before the education select committee, Brian Lamb, who carried out a review into parental confidence in the SEN system in 2009, and Baroness Warnock, whose 1978 review led to SEN statementing,...
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cypn
Published: 3 July 2018
<img alt="Ofsted praises council's 'outstanding' support for children in care" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/04800d77-fd4f-4133-ae0d-f380111269df/3/Capture-320x198.png" />
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An inspection of provision in Brent found that strong leadership at a political level and throughout the council had resulted in significant improvements in the quality of social work practice for children...
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Published: 3 July 2018
A scheme to allow 14 scholarships to refugees living in Reading has left some people unhappy.
bbc
Published: 3 July 2018
<img alt="Inspectors praise improvements to 'front door' social work in Liverpool" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b14a411e-4f5c-48e9-8184-84cb0c747f2e/3/Capture-320x198.png" />
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Inspectors said they were impressed with a revamp in November 2017 of Liverpool's multi-agency safeguarding hub (Mash), which handles initial child protection concerns.
Children at risk of significant...
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cypn
Published: 3 July 2018
<img alt="SEND school exclusion practice faces legal challenge" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6b3637c3-0841-453d-968b-1bab2831861e/3/Capture-320x198.png" />
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The challenge, which is being opposed by the Department for Education, is being brought by the parents of a 13-year-old boy who was excluded from school due to behaviour linked to his autism. The parents'...
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cypn
Published: 3 July 2018
<img alt="Government to allow cohabitees of serious offenders to work in nurseries" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/82afbd9a-8f31-4ffc-bbe8-81c97825f716/3/ChildminderandreeastockAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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Currently, childcare workers can be disqualified because someone who lives or works in their household has been cautioned for, or convicted of, certain offences. Offences that currently lead to an automatic...
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cypn
Published: 3 July 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 3 July: Domestic abuse, loneliness, and state-run nurseries" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/4618f984-e704-45c1-a130-272784933dd6/1/260312domesticviolencedavidmccullough-320x198.jpg" />
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Thousands of parents falsely claim domestic abuse to access legal aid and stop estranged partners from seeing their children, a parenting charity has claimed. The BBC reports that Families Need Fathers...
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Published: 3 July 2018