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<img alt="London council moves out of 'inadequate'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1b5629e0-dd68-4206-98a4-c9bc02894bd3/1/lambeth-320x198.png" />
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Lambeth Council, which had been given Ofsted's lowest judgment in 2015, is now rated as "requires improvement" overall by inspectors.
Following a visit in January and February this year inspectors found...
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cypn
Published: 9 May 2018
<img alt="Decline in adoptions continues, figures show" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/3887efc9-b0dc-4c45-b5cb-fdb12a8034a4/1/adoptionactivityday-320x198.jpg" />
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Statistics released by the Adoption Leadership Board reveal that 4,370 children were adopted in 2016/17, 6.4 per cent down on the 4,690 adoptions recorded in 2015/16.
The annual rate of decline is around...
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cypn
Published: 9 May 2018
Government's child mental health plan leaves hundreds of thousands without proper care, says report.
bbc
Published: 9 May 2018
Government's child mental health plan leaves hundreds of thousands without proper care, says report.
bbc
Published: 9 May 2018
London has overtaken Paris and Montreal for the title of best student city, despite being so expensive.
bbc
Published: 9 May 2018
London has overtaken Paris and Montreal for the title of best student city, despite being so expensive.
bbc
Published: 9 May 2018
<img alt="Inspectors praise 'dramatic' drop in violence at YOI" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/187bc4a0-4f87-42f5-a239-a41b72bd2060/3/ScreenShot20180508at155019-320x198.png" />
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Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, said that Feltham A YOI, which holds around 140 young people, mainly aged between 16 and 17, became significantly safer in the last year following a critical...
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cypn
Published: 9 May 2018
<img alt="MPs criticise 'unambitious' children's mental health green paper" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/9327cfb3-5d01-4e91-a520-c172749e978c/3/RobertHalfonMP-320x198.jpg" />
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The government pledged a raft of children's mental health services improvements as part of December 2017 green paper Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health, backed with £300m in extra funding....
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cypn
Published: 9 May 2018
<img alt="Zahawi: Children's centre closures 'not affecting most disadvantaged areas'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/45154a45-f092-4252-920c-a5e1830aabe2/3/Capture-320x198.png" />
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Appearing before members of the science and technology select committee, which is conducting an inquiry into evidence-based early years intervention, Zahawi said some local authorities are now using children's...
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cypn
Published: 8 May 2018