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Unions dismiss Conservative education plans

20 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

Teaching unions have criticised Conservative Party proposals for parents, wealthy business people and charitable organisations to run schools, which they say will cause social segregation and insecurity.

Speech development campaign to target young people

20 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

A campaign designed to highlight the importance of children's speech, language and communication development is being expanded to include young people.

Government identifies priorities for service development

19 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

The Department for Children, Schools and Families has published the evidence that will inform its plans to develop children's services.

Tory plan would give more independence to schools

19 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

The Conservatives are proposing to give more schools independence from local authority control, using a model similar to the government's academies programme.

Minister calls for police to tackle cyberbullying

19 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

Junior children's minister Kevin Brennan has called on schools to work with youth offending teams and the police to tackle the most severe cases of cyberbullying.

Peer mentors to tackle bullying

16 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

The government has announced £3m for a range of peer mentoring pilots to help prevent young people from being bullied.

Government funding to support disadvantaged pupils

14 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

The government has announced £4m to boost entries to university from talented pupils in deprived communities.

Think tank recommends youth rights hotline

14 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

Children and young people should be able to report adults who infringe their right play outside by ringing a hotline, according to a report from think tank Demos.

Call for admissions code to be simplified

14 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

The school admissions code should be made simpler to make it easier for hard-to-reach parents to understand, a conference has heard.

School arson rife in past three years

14 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

More than four in 10 schools in England and Wales have suffered at least one fire in the past three years, a study has revealed.