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Children, Young People & Families e-mail alert - Issue 145

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Issue 145

Mon Sep 25 2006

STORIES & ARTICLES

Social care/childcare/families & parenting

Care system "fails young people" (BBC news story)Most young people in local authority care end up in prison, homeless or working as prostitutes, claims think tank report.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

Health

Many ADHD pupils excluded - poll (BBC news story)More than one third of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been excluded from school.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

Pay more or we quit, canteen operators to tell schools (Guardian news story)Firms say pupils buy fizzy drinks and crisps outside. Setback for Oliver as new TV series begins.

Source: Guardian Mon Sep 25 2006

$1bn scheme to fund jabs for 5m children (Guardian news story)Britain and seven other countries will launch up to $1bn (£530m) of bonds on financial markets next month.

Source: Guardian Mon Sep 25 2006

Five times more cash needed to cut child death (Guardian news story)To achieve the child mortality millennium development goal (MDG) by 2015, an estimated extra $7bn is needed. Source: Guardian Mon Sep 25 2006

Trainees resort to caesareans too often, say doctors (Guardian news story)Many women end up with unnecessary emergency caesarean section because they are in the care of a trainee obstetrician.

Source: Guardian Mon Sep 25 2006

Education

Minister vows autism cash review (BBC news story)More funding could be found for teaching autistic youngsters in England, a minister has said.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

Help for parents choosing schools (BBC news story)Families who struggle to find the best secondary school for their children are to receive extra support and advice.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

Extended schools "boost results" (BBC news story)Schools which open their doors outside of school hours can expect improved results, research suggests.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

Tory questions over school tests (BBC news story)Publishing poor primary school figures the same day as GCSEs could be interpreted as attempt "to bury bad news".

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

Teachers "not making the grade" (BBC news story)Some teachers in Scotland have not "stepped up to the mark" and must adapt to a new era in schools.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

University awards more top grades (BBC news story)The proportion of degrees awarded a first or 2:1 at Liverpool University jumped this year from 63% to 72%.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

More primary aged children truanting (BBC news story)More primary school pupils have been playing truant from England's schools, latest official figures reveal.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

More and more pupils play truant (BBC news story)The number of secondary pupils in England playing truant at some point has gone up 40% over the past five years.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

Crime & legal

New child car seat law in force (BBC news story)New laws which mean more children must use child car seats are now in force in England, Wales and Scotland.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

Children placed at risk by family court staff (Community Care news story)Family court advisers “often had deficits in basic interviewing skills” and were disorganised in their work.

Source: Community Care Mon Sep 25 2006

Scholes report: "insufficient" alternatives to custody (Community Care news story)The report into the death of the 16-year-old, who hung himself at Stoke Heath Young Offender Institution in 2002.

Source: Community Care Mon Sep 25 2006

Teenager shot in face at school (BBC news story)A 13-year-old girl is being treated in hospital after she was shot in the leg and face at a school in Leicestershire.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

Criminal age "should be raised" (BBC news story)The government is being urged to raise the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales from 10 to 14.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

Culture, media & sport

Call for ban on advertising to the under-12s (BBC news story)Labour must lead the debate on "lost childhood" by proposing a ban on advertising to children under 12.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

Asylum & immigration

Privately fostered children often returned to country of origin at 18 (Community Care news story)Children are often removed from the UK because professionals have failed to check their immigration status.

Source: Community Care Mon Sep 25 2006

General

Archbishop warns of child crisis (BBC news story)Children face too much "pressure to achieve" and have to take too many tests at school, says Archbishop of Canterbury.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

Mc's to offer exams at work (BBC news story)Employees will be able to gain GCSE-equivalent qualifications in numeracy or literacy - at work.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

Warning over statistics influence (BBC news story)A watchdog has told the education department to keep special advisers out of decisions on publishing official figures.

Source: BBC Mon Sep 25 2006

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