GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
Publisher:
Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
Publication year:
2009
Pagination:
8p.
Place of publication:
London
Figures on child deaths which have been reviewed by Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) in England between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009 are provided. Figures are presented by region. This is the first year of data collection, therefore figures should be interpreted with caution.
Figures on child deaths which have been reviewed by Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) in England between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009 are provided. Figures are presented by region. This is the first year of data collection, therefore figures should be interpreted with caution.
Written by the father of Holly Wells as a tribute to his daughter, the book tells the inside story of Soham and the devastating effect on all involved.
Written by the father of Holly Wells as a tribute to his daughter, the book tells the inside story of Soham and the devastating effect on all involved.
In this open letter the author, operations director of Barnardo's, congratulates Al Aynsley-Green on his appointment as England's first children's commissioner but questions whether he can make a real impact given the role' s limitations.
In this open letter the author, operations director of Barnardo's, congratulates Al Aynsley-Green on his appointment as England's first children's commissioner but questions whether he can make a real impact given the role' s limitations.
London authorities have worked hard to provide appropriate services to increasing numbers of refugee children, but central government support has been noticeable by its absence.
London authorities have worked hard to provide appropriate services to increasing numbers of refugee children, but central government support has been noticeable by its absence.
This paper outlines the key messages the office has heard from children and translates them into three over-arching ambitions: to ensure all children and young people get support that reflects their ambitions; to ensure that all children are getting timely and effective support, locally, with a focus on early intervention; to ensure that all children have consistent, excellent experiences...
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This paper outlines the key messages the office has heard from children and translates them into three over-arching ambitions: to ensure all children and young people get support that reflects their ambitions; to ensure that all children are getting timely and effective support, locally, with a focus on early intervention; to ensure that all children have consistent, excellent experiences wherever they are in the system. The Children's Commissioner is committed to ensuring that children's voices are at the heart of the Department for Education's (DfE) SEND Green Paper consultation. To inform this, the Children's Commissioner's Office (CCo) spoke with 55 children, and young people with additional needs across a range of education settings and analysed the consistency and accessibility of 650 Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs). In addition, as part of the office's attendance work, the team spoke to hundreds of children, teachers, and local authorities to understand why children with SEND are overrepresented in terms of low attendance at school. Four key messages emerged from the office's work: children are ambitious, but do not always have excellent support; the SEND system should work for all children; children want services to work together to provide seamless support; children don't always feel understood. These four core messages from children have been developed into three over-arching ambitions for the Government's SEND Green Paper. These are: ensure all children and young people get support that reflects their ambitions; ensure that all children are getting timely and effective support, locally, with a focus on early intervention; ensure that all children have consistent, excellent experiences wherever they are in the system.
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Subject terms:
children, special educational needs, disabilities, access to services;
The data reported in this briefing relates to all applications issued by the national deprivation of liberty court. It covers information included on the C66 application form - the form used to apply for an order under the high court inherent jurisdiction in relation to children. Data is extracted and recorded by court staff and analysed by Nuffield Family Justice Observatory. In July 2022...
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The data reported in this briefing relates to all applications issued by the national deprivation of liberty court. It covers information included on the C66 application form - the form used to apply for an order under the high court inherent jurisdiction in relation to children. Data is extracted and recorded by court staff and analysed by Nuffield Family Justice Observatory. In July 2022 the President of the Family Division launched the national deprivation of liberty court. Based at the Royal Courts of Justice, it deals with all new applications seeking authorisation to deprive children of their liberty under the inherent jurisdiction and will run for a 12-month pilot phase initially. The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory was invited to collect and publish data on these applications. This monthly briefing highlights high-level data trends. n the first two months of the national deprivation of liberty court, there were 237 applications - 101 in July and 136 in August. The applications were made by 96 different local authorities and 5 hospital or mental health trusts.
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Subject terms:
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, children, safeguarding children;
...and national level on progress and priorities. However, this is not a checklist against which local areas should measure performance. These statistics tell only part of the story, and what makes a successful outcome will vary hugely for individual children and young people. Much of the information below is education-focused – this is because most of the data available currently relates to education. Report
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This report presents the statistics on SEND available for England, compared to a selected comparison group of All English regions. This should help to assess how well arrangements since the reforms are working and compare delivery across local areas. The aim is to bring local area SEND data into one place, providing an evidence base that can be a starting point for conversations at a local and national level on progress and priorities. However, this is not a checklist against which local areas should measure performance. These statistics tell only part of the story, and what makes a successful outcome will vary hugely for individual children and young people. Much of the information below is education-focused – this is because most of the data available currently relates to education. Report contents include: local area SEND information; implementation of the reforms; attainment of pupils with SEN; preparation for adulthood; experience of the system. The data in the metrics will update automatically each time the latest data is published.
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Subject terms:
children, special educational needs, disabilities, educational performance;
Children's participation remains controversial in United Kingdom schools where children and their communities rarely have opportunity to change what happens. This paper considers an original approach that developed cooperative intergenerational inquiry with a class of 10–11‐year‐olds in the north of England as part of complexity‐informed participatory action research to consider children's...
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Children's participation remains controversial in United Kingdom schools where children and their communities rarely have opportunity to change what happens. This paper considers an original approach that developed cooperative intergenerational inquiry with a class of 10–11‐year‐olds in the north of England as part of complexity‐informed participatory action research to consider children's participation in schools. Children and adults considered together, what schools are for, at the same time enabling children to shape spaces for participation in lesson time. The importance of recognising these spaces as dynamic intra‐subjective meeting points and of intergenerational relationships for change in schools is revealed.
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Subject terms:
children, schools, user participation, child-centred approach;
This report considers how English regions, such as the North East, can use devolution to address child poverty and improve the lives and life chances of children. The Scottish government has put in place legislation that to a large extent retains the binding targets for child poverty reduction that were removed in England in 2016, along with an ambitious programme of new investment and policies...
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This report considers how English regions, such as the North East, can use devolution to address child poverty and improve the lives and life chances of children. The Scottish government has put in place legislation that to a large extent retains the binding targets for child poverty reduction that were removed in England in 2016, along with an ambitious programme of new investment and policies. And in Greater Manchester social as well as economic goals are part of the combined authority’s overarching strategy, alongside detailed action plans in some local authority areas. Regional inequalities in the UK include marked differences in levels of child poverty. The North East currently has the second highest rate of child poverty of any English region. 35 per cent of children in the North East live in relative poverty; the national rate is 30 per cent. The region saw the largest fall in child poverty between 1999 and 2013 (13 percentage points), and the largest rise since then (9 percentage points, compared to 3 percentage points nationally). The report sets out a number of actions that combined authorities can take using their existing ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ powers and drawing on existing good practice by local authorities, calling on governments to put child poverty at the heart of future devolution deals.
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This analysis examines four data extracts covering children in inpatient mental health wards during 2019/20. The extracts cover: all admissions of children to tier 4 units during 2019/20 2; children in a tier 4 unit on 31st March 2020; all discharges from tier 4 beds during 2019/20; admissions to tier 4 wards during 2019/20 where the child had a previous discharge within the same financial year...
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This analysis examines four data extracts covering children in inpatient mental health wards during 2019/20. The extracts cover: all admissions of children to tier 4 units during 2019/20 2; children in a tier 4 unit on 31st March 2020; all discharges from tier 4 beds during 2019/20; admissions to tier 4 wards during 2019/20 where the child had a previous discharge within the same financial year. Key findings include: at 31st March 2020 there were 944 children in a bed in a tier 4 unit in England; over 1 in 5 children are in units that are more than 50 miles from their last known home postcode; children in secure units are notably more likely to be placed more than 50 miles from their last known home postcode; just over a third of children discharged from a tier 4 unit during 2019/20 had been there for more than 3 months (90 days); even after accounting for other factors, children aged under 15 discharged during 2019/20 were 20% more likely to have been in a tier 4 unit for over 3 months; boys are slightly more likely than girls to be discharged to their permanent (or a temporary) place of residence while girls are slightly more likely to be discharged to a subsequent medical institution, with 1 in 5 being discharged to a hospital or subsequent mental health ward (compared to 15% of boys); girls over-represent amongst readmissions to tier 4 wards during 2019/20, accounting for 80% of readmissions compared to 74% of discharges during the year.
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Subject terms:
children, mental health services, secure units, mental health problems;