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LEGAL
Named person scheme dropped
By Dan Peters | 20 September 2019
A mandatory named person scheme for every child in Scotland – underpinned by law – will not now h...
WHITEHALL
Drive to check council readiness for Brexit
By Dan Peters | 19 September 2019
The Department for Education (DfE) is attempting to gain a better understanding of school sector ...
WELFARE
Beware the 'pandemonium' of UC
By Ann McGauran | 18 September 2019
It’s all change – again – at the top of the Department for Work and Pensions. But where does the ...
PUBLIC HEALTH
Tackling youth crime: building the evidence for what really works
By Dr Jane O'Brien | 17 September 2019
The Youth Endowment Fund is a bold attempt to put early intervention at the heart of efforts to k...
PUBLIC HEALTH
Putting a public health approach at the heart of the response
By Heather Flinders | 17 September 2019
Waltham Forest LBC has had a longstanding commitment to tackling youth gang culture. But Heather ...
THIRD SECTOR
Directors dismiss 'recruiting sergeants' claim
By Mark Conrad | 17 September 2019
Children’s services directors have dismissed as ‘wholly inappropriate’ MPs’ claims that councils ...
FINANCE
Positive results found for axed project
By Paul Marinko | 16 September 2019
A University of Oxford report has revealed a since-scrapped Essex CC initiative led to a dramatic...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Our Ofsted journey: from inadequate to good in two years
By Will Tuckley | 12 September 2019
Turning round children’s services in Tower Hamlets in two years was a ‘mighty struggle,’ says Wil...
EDUCATION
A flexible plan for every sick child
By Jane le Sage | 11 September 2019
North Yorkshire CC is proposing to adopt a virtual school approach and more options for learning ...
FINANCE
What's the demand for children's social care?
By Tony Kirkham | 11 September 2019
In the North-East there has been a 55.7% growth in the average number of looked after children pe...
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