Early years providers must receive the money allocated by government to deliver free childcare places through a ringfenced fund to make sure they can deliver the scheme successfully, nurseries have warned.
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A social worker has been suspended for not reporting a case of sexual activity between two children aged under 13,
Social workers are struggling to deal with record numbers of children entering care and some have become so stressed they are leaving the profession, it has been claimed.
Sue Kent, professional officer for the British Association of Social Workers, said frontline social workers are crumbling under the pressure of trying to provide a good service to children as
More than 1,000 schools across England could face a review of their Ofsted rating after chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw pledged to impose “demanding criteria” on outstanding ratings.
Speaking at the London Leadership Strategy’s Good to Great conference, Wilshaw said that for a school to be judged as good it should have at least good teaching, similarly outstanding teaching should be the feature of any school judged as outstanding.
According to Wilshaw, this is not currently the case in more than 1,000 schools, meaning they could be subject to review.
Wilshaw said: “We need clear and demanding criteria for a school to be judged
Liverpool council takes reins on Youth Contract delivery
Liverpool has become the first council to be handed devolved powers from government under the City Deals programme in an arrangement that will see the authority responsible for the delivery and design of the Youth Contract in the area.
Under the programme, cities will be able to specify the particular powers they need to meet local needs and priorities rather than being presented with a set menu of measures decided in Whitehall.
Besides powers to design the local Youth Contract, Liverpool will also get greater control over land for redevelopment, helping it to build 12 secondary schools.
Under the government
Care applications to family courts body Cafcass are continuing to soar, according to the latest statistics, with record numbers of referrals made last month.
The organisation received 903 referrals in January 2012
A think tank is urging the three main political parties to support its plans to introduce government loans of up to
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