More social care input urged on special educational needs
Schools need to work more closely with social care services to ensure children with complex and severe special needs receive support, according to an Ofsted report.
14 September 2010
Disadvantaged children 'likely victims' of Academies Bill
Children in care and those with special educational needs are likely to be the first victims of the coalition's flagship Academies Bill, campaigners have warned. (Picture credit: Rex Features)
19 July 2010
Changing the behaviour of boys from ethnic minority communities in south London
An Action for Children project to support ethnic minority boys affected by absent fathers has brought huge improvements in behaviour and family relationships,...
09 October 2009
Confusion and concern over Labour's plan to house young mothers
Other headlines in today's papers include:- 'Billions could be saved' in public services revamp, Total Place finds; Enhance foster care to lift children's prospects, says Fostering Network
30 September 2009
News round up: Confusion over plan to house young mothers
Other headlines in today's papers include:- 'Billions could be saved' in public services revamp, Total Place finds; Enhance foster care to lift children's prospects, says Fostering Network
30 September 2009
News round-up: MPs: Complex rules deprive carers of benefits
Other headlines in today's papers include:- British teenage drop-out rate 'among worst in developed world'; Scrap Trident, voters tell Brown
08 September 2009
MPs: Complex rules deprive carers of benefits
Other headlines in today's papers include:- British teenage drop-out rate 'among worst in developed world'; Scrap Trident, voters tell Brown
08 September 2009
Social work 'makes difference' to lives of male care leavers
Social work makes a “measurable difference” to the lives of young men who have been in care, compared with the “neglect” suffered by those permanently excluded from school who had no statutory support, academics have claimed. (OJO Images/Rex Features)
04 August 2009
News round up: Twice as many four-year-olds excluded
Other headlines in today's papers include:- Evil lover of mum beat tot to death; Therapist who had affair with addicted patient is sacked by psychiatric hospital; Debbie Purdy wins significant legal victory on assisted suicide
31 July 2009
Twice as many four-year-olds excluded from school
Other headlines in today's papers include:- Evil lover of mum beat tot to death; Therapist who had affair with addicted patient is sacked by psychiatric hospital; Debbie Purdy wins significant legal victory on assisted suicide
31 July 2009
Good Practice: Tackling antisocial behaviour through intergenerational contact
Older people are going back to school in order to help children stay clear of antisocial behaviour. Anabel Unity Sale reports Sixty years have passed since Roy Thompson last saw the inside of his classroom at Boarshaw Community Primary School in Middleton, Lancashire. Since his days in short trousers, the place has changed beyond recognition. Giant coloured statues stand tall in the playground, and there are carpets in the classrooms. This isn't just a trip down memory lane for Thompson but part of a housing provider 's initiative to address antisocial behaviour through cross-generational communication. Thompson is a volunteer for Rochdale Boroughwide Housing's (RBH) Community Kids scheme, which teaches local children about the impact of antisocial behaviour. Sue Kershaw oversees the RBH Community Kids project. She says the scheme aims "to encourage children to identify wi
20 May 2009
Ed Balls: youth justice teams must work closer with schools
The gap between children's services and youth justice is "still too wide", children's secretary Ed Balls has said.
28 November 2008
Mental illness cases in forces reach 4,000
Other headlines in today's papers include: First ID cards for Britons from autumn next year, Jacqui Smith to say; New points system 'barrier to migrants'
05 November 2008
News round up: Mental illness cases in forces reach 4,000
Other headlines in today's papers include: First ID cards for Britons from autumn next year, Jacqui Smith to say; New points system 'barrier to migrants'
05 November 2008
Pensioner suffocated wife before drowning himself
Other headlines in today's papers include: MSP with Parkinson’s tries to legalise assisted suicide; Mother and lodger cleared of murdering battered boy; Government reclassifying cannabis despite fall in use
31 October 2008
News round up: Pensioner suffocated wife before drowning himself
Other headlines in today's papers include: MSP with Parkinson’s tries to legalise assisted suicide; Mother and lodger cleared of murdering battered boy; Government reclassifying cannabis despite fall in use
31 October 2008
LGA report reveals £1bn councils shortfall
Other headlines in today's papers include: One in five teachers would back return of the cane; Fuel poverty: 1m more households slip into category
03 October 2008
News round up: LGA report reveals £1bn councils shortfall
Other headlines in today's papers include: One in five teachers would back return of the cane; Fuel poverty: 1m more households slip into category
03 October 2008
News round up: Excluded pupils to be offered adventure holidays
Other headlines in today's papers include: Poorest children being let down by underfunded schools, says study; Charities set to feel the pinch
20 August 2008
Excluded students to be offered adventure holidays
Other headlines in today's papers include: Poorest children being let down by underfunded schools, says study; Charities set to feel the pinch
20 August 2008
