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A health and social care select committee report on childhood obesity calls for urgent action to be taken including the introduction of a 9pm watershed for "junk food" advertising and tighter regulations...
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cypn
Published: 30 May 2018
<img alt="NYA calls for civil society strategy to include 'youth covenant'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/c4e631ba-27ea-454a-a086-1786a857ed97/4/LeighMiddleton-320x198.jpg" />
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Responding to a consultation on the strategy, the NYA said that the covenant was needed to ensure the government is committed to investing in youth provision and ensuring young people have a say in political...
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cypn
Published: 30 May 2018
Thousands of pupils each year try to get into selective schools, which are set for a £50m expansion.
bbc
Published: 30 May 2018
Thousands of pupils each year try to get into selective schools, which are set for a £50m expansion.
bbc
Published: 30 May 2018
There is a significant link between higher temperatures and lower school achievement, says a US study.
bbc
Published: 30 May 2018
<img alt="Government announces £50m to boost school SEND facilities" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f09e780a-d5cc-46e0-99da-c1cf38eb56b8/2/senreforms-320x198.jpg" />
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The Department for Education (DfE) said the money will help schools create an additional 740 school places for children with SEND as well as allowing schools to invest in facilities such as sensory rooms...
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cypn
Published: 29 May 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 29 May: Child obesity, gender, and missing refugees" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6f19afca-93d1-46db-a347-10620ded0883/3/morguefile-320x198.png" />
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One in 25 children in England aged 10 or 11 are severely obese, analysis has found. The BBC reports that the Local Government Association (LGA), which analysed Public Health England figures, found that...
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cypn
Published: 29 May 2018
Schools to benefit from an extra £50million to improve facilities and create more good school places for children with special educational needs. The Government also announced a further £680million to create 40,000 new good school places.
d_f_e
Published: 29 May 2018
The average parental contribution for home buyers this year will be down 17% on 2017, a survey says.
bbc
Published: 29 May 2018