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Children’s Trust to be established managing children’s social care in Bradford

26/01/2022
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Children’s social care services in Bradford are to be placed in a Trust in a bid to drive rapid improvements.

The not-for-profit trust will be owned by Bradford Council but operate at arms-length under the control of a new independent Chair and Board of Directors. The move follows recommendations made to the Education Secretary by [...]

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COVID-related school absences increase

26/01/2022
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COVID related school absence rose from 3.9% to 5.1% in the two weeks from 6 to 20 January 2022, official figures have revealed.

Department for Education attendance statistics showed that the proportion of students attending school was 87.4% on 20 January, down from 88.6% on 6 January.

“We estimate that 9.0% of teachers and school leaders [...]

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Specialist residential schools to be investigated by Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel

25/01/2022
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Three specialist residential schools in Doncaster are to be investigated by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.

Annie Hudson

Fullerton House, Wilsic Hall and Wheatley House specialist, independent residential schools are to be subjected to a national investigation by the Panel following allegations of abuse.

Annie Hudson, Chair of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, outlined plans [...]

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MPs: Draft Online Safety Bill is not clear or robust enough

25/01/2022
Est. Reading: 2 minutes

The government’s draft Online Safety Bill in its current form is neither clear nor robust enough to tackle certain types of illegal and harmful content on user-to-user and search services, MPs have warned.

The Digital, Culture Media and Sports committee is urging the government to address types of content that are technically legal by [...]

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Trauma Informed Care varies widely across children’s social care

24/01/2022
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Trauma informed activities rarely lead to evidence-based treatments, a study by the Early Intervention Foundation has found.

Trauma Informed Care practice varied widely across children’s social care services, with no two teams offering the same components, or attending the same training. Furthermore, the study found that TIC activities rarely led to evidence-based treatments but were [...]

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Interview with Sarah Stowe, Managing Director, WillisPalmer

24/01/2022
Est. Reading: 9 minutes

Two things shine through Sarah Stowe’s working career. People are everything to Sarah when it comes to her work life. She finds herself automatically drawn to working for entrepreneurial people with larger than life personalities and her team is paramount. Not only does she invest heavily in her team, playing a massive role supporting and [...]

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