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09/04/2024: Catch22 confirms Redthread merger

Social business Catch22 has confirmed a merger with youth violence prevention charity Redthread.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

09/04/2024: SEND system ‘creaking at the seams’, schools minister warns

Schools minister Catherine McKinnell is warning that the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system is “creaking at the seams” as official figures show widespread delays in councils issuing education, health and care plans (EHCPs) for children.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

09/04/2024: Residential care spending outstrips early intervention for first time, research finds

Councils‚Äô spending on children’s residential care is outstripping early help budgets for the first time, research commissioned by a coalition of charities has found.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

09/04/2024: Preparing for Back-to-School: Online Safety and Wellbeing

As the summer holidays come to an end and students return to school, their daily routines change—whether it’s getting used to early mornings again, tackling homework, or getting back in touch with classmates. With the first few weeks of term upon us, it’s a great time to remind both students and teachers about the importance of online safety and digital wellbeing to prepare them for the rest of the school year with the help of SWGfL’s resources.

(Source: South West Grid for Learning)

08/04/2024: Special educational needs system in England in ‘utter disarray’, says ombudsman

Young people and their families lack support, while social workers are overwhelmed, according to Amerdeep Somal.

(Source: Guardian)

06/04/2024: Boys asking teachers how to choke girls during sex

Boys as young as 14 have been asking their teachers how to choke girls during sex, a teacher has told the BBC.

(Source: BBC News)

05/04/2024: Support positive masculinity in England and Wales schools, union conference told

Boys and young men need guidance, not punishment, to avoid ‘manosphere’, teacher tells NEU.

(Source: Guardian)

05/04/2024: Teachers’ union leader calls for inquiry into misogyny among young men in UK

Daniel Kebede accuses government of failing to tackle issue of sexism and its spread online among children.

(Source: Guardian)

04/04/2024: Partnership project aims to improve evaluation of family group conferences

A new partnership project aims to better understand the data that local authorities are collecting on the use of family group conferences (FGCs).

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

04/04/2024: Sibling contact events ‚’could help local authorities to improve long-term relationships’

Events designed to allow children in care to reconnect with separated siblings could help local authorities to support future meaningful contact, according to an evaluation of an early pilot programme.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

04/04/2024: School staff raise concerns over shortage of support workers for SEND pupils

Three quarters of school staff say more learning support assistants are needed for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), according to a new report.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

04/04/2024: One in three teachers have no behaviour support for pupils with additional needs, poll finds

Long waiting lists and insufficient resources part of system that is ‘failing’ children, according to NEU members in England and Wales.

(Source: Guardian)