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13 Nov 19
Our education system is failing pupils on an unprecedented scale as teaching to the test turns education into a ‘slow-motion car crash for our young people’, writes the National Education Union’...
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18 Oct 19
Council referrals of potential child victims of modern slavery have exploded by more than 800% in the last five years, analysis has shown.
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15 Oct 19
Two London councils’ shared children’s services have received a second ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted.
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8 Oct 19
Young people are not being helped to reintegrate into society after being released from young offender institutions, a report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons and HM Inspectorate of Probation has found...
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30 Sep 19
The government will produce a white paper on further devolution in England, the chancellor has announced in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference today.
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25 Sep 19
Average spending by individual councils in England on youth services has crashed by 69% since 2010, analysis has found.
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6 Sep 19
The Troubled Families Programme should be rolled out to a further half a million households, the Children’s Commissioner has said.
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6 Sep 19
After years of progress on closing the gap in educational attainment, it looks like poorer pupils are starting to fall further behind their more wealthy peers, says Education Policy...
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5 Sep 19
The Scottish Government has announced plans to become a country with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.
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4 Sep 19
Chancellor Sajid Javid heralded the “end of austerity” during his Spending Round statement, as he handed out £1.5bn for social care.
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28 Aug 19
Leaked proposals on education funding fall well short of the cash needed, a teachers’ union has said.
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27 Aug 19
Funding shortages and increased demand pressure meant that local authorities had to spend £770m more than planned on children’s services in 2018-19, according to the Local Government Association.
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22 Aug 19
The shake-up of GCSEs risks damaging the mental health of students and demoralising those who are less able, as well as potentially leading to a narrowing of the curriculum, teaching unions have...
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21 Aug 19
Homeless children are being housed in shipping containers because councils do not have enough temporary accommodation for them to live in.
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13 Aug 19
Nearly two-thirds of looked after children are cared for by local authorities with substandard services, a think-tank has found.
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8 Aug 19
Youth offending institutions in England and Wales are not providing adequate resettlement services for children, according to two watchdogs.
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2 Aug 19
The care system has come under increasing strain in the last five years because of a huge rise in the number of teenagers going into care, according to analysis.
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31 Jul 19
Investment in youth services is needed to tackle the “social emergency” of rising youth violence in England and Wales, MPs have urged.
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30 Jul 19
Northamptonshire County Council’s children services are “failing to keep children safe”, a watchdog has concluded.
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18 Jul 19
The expansion of special educational needs duties has left councils facing a “financial crisis”, council leaders have warned.
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15 Jul 19
Food bank usage is expected to rise again when schools break up this summer, a charity has said.
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10 Jul 19
Government must look to shift health spending more towards prevention, health leaders have urged.
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5 Jul 19
The fairer funding formula and Spending Review will allow us to build a stronger, sustainable future for local government, says communities secretary James Brokenshire.
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4 Jul 19
Scotland’s Auditor General and the Accounts Commission are embarking on a major audit of the country’s early learning and childcare system to understand the impact of expanding services.
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2 Jul 19
A third of councils fear they will not have the funds to provide their minimum statutory duties for the next three years, a survey has found.
13 Nov 19Our education system is failing pupils on an unprecedented scale as teaching to the test turns education into a ‘slow-motion car crash for our young people’, writes the National Education Union’...
18 Oct 19Council referrals of potential child victims of modern slavery have exploded by more than 800% in the last five years, analysis has shown.
15 Oct 19Two London councils’ shared children’s services have received a second ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted.
8 Oct 19Young people are not being helped to reintegrate into society after being released from young offender institutions, a report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons and HM Inspectorate of Probation has found...
30 Sep 19The government will produce a white paper on further devolution in England, the chancellor has announced in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference today.
25 Sep 19Average spending by individual councils in England on youth services has crashed by 69% since 2010, analysis has found.
6 Sep 19The Troubled Families Programme should be rolled out to a further half a million households, the Children’s Commissioner has said.
6 Sep 19After years of progress on closing the gap in educational attainment, it looks like poorer pupils are starting to fall further behind their more wealthy peers, says Education Policy...
5 Sep 19The Scottish Government has announced plans to become a country with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.
4 Sep 19Chancellor Sajid Javid heralded the “end of austerity” during his Spending Round statement, as he handed out £1.5bn for social care.
28 Aug 19Leaked proposals on education funding fall well short of the cash needed, a teachers’ union has said.
27 Aug 19Funding shortages and increased demand pressure meant that local authorities had to spend £770m more than planned on children’s services in 2018-19, according to the Local Government Association.
22 Aug 19The shake-up of GCSEs risks damaging the mental health of students and demoralising those who are less able, as well as potentially leading to a narrowing of the curriculum, teaching unions have...
21 Aug 19Homeless children are being housed in shipping containers because councils do not have enough temporary accommodation for them to live in.
2 Aug 19The care system has come under increasing strain in the last five years because of a huge rise in the number of teenagers going into care, according to analysis.
31 Jul 19Investment in youth services is needed to tackle the “social emergency” of rising youth violence in England and Wales, MPs have urged.
30 Jul 19Northamptonshire County Council’s children services are “failing to keep children safe”, a watchdog has concluded.
18 Jul 19The expansion of special educational needs duties has left councils facing a “financial crisis”, council leaders have warned.
15 Jul 19Food bank usage is expected to rise again when schools break up this summer, a charity has said.
4 Jul 19Scotland’s Auditor General and the Accounts Commission are embarking on a major audit of the country’s early learning and childcare system to understand the impact of expanding services.
2 Jul 19A third of councils fear they will not have the funds to provide their minimum statutory duties for the next three years, a survey has found.
