http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet Working with children in Barnet - Latest News en http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/263/news_update-15_may_2013 Below are a range of recent reports/guidance/consultation items that will be of interest to practitioners who work with children in Barnet. 2013-05-15T11:00:00+01:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/262/new_update Below are recent containing relevant and up-to-date news, research, reports and consultations 2013-05-10T16:16:00+01:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/261/childminder_grant_from_early_may A new grant scheme is being developed by the Government equalities office for new childminders. 2013-04-23T18:16:00+01:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/260/news_update-_12_april_2013 Below are a range of recent news items, consultation updates and information about new guidance which will be of interest to practitioners who work with children in Barnet. 2013-04-23T17:59:00+01:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/259/consultation_on_proposal_changes_to_the_role_of_the_local_authority_in_early_education_and_childcare The Government values local authorities’ important role as ‘champions’ of disadvantaged children and their families. We want local authorities to focus on ensuring that all two, three and four-year olds, particularly the most disadvantaged, take up their entitlement to funded high-quality early education. 2013-04-10T17:18:00+01:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/258/capital_funding_for_new_school_places The National Audit Office says that one in five primary schools in England is full or near capacity and there are signs of “real strain” on places. The quick rise in England ’s birth rate has played a role in driving demand. The NAO advises that a quarter of a million extra school places will be needed in England by autumn 2014. 2013-04-10T16:35:00+01:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/257/teachers_to_strike The NUT and the NASUWT has announced that teachers will stage a series of strikes in protest at changes to their pay, pensions and workload. The strikes will begin in North West England on 27 June, followed by walkouts in the autumn, region by region and a national one-day strike before Christmas. 2013-04-10T15:48:00+01:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/256/commission_to_examine_youth_work_and_school_partnerships Youth work’s educational role is to be assessed by an independent commission formed by the National Youth Agency (NYA). The group of youth work and education leaders will investigate how schools can work more closely with youth work organisations to improve young people’s social and personal development.

2013-04-10T15:47:00+01:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/255/lord_chief_justice_calls_for_research_into_effects_on_children_of_giving_evidence_in_abuse_cases The most senior criminal judge in England and Wales has said that research should be carried out into the long-term effects on those who give evidence about sexual abuse when they are a child; as such evidence would help improve the way in which young victims are treated by the justice system. 2013-04-10T15:42:00+01:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/254/police_change_approach_to_missing_childrens_cases Senior police have revealed a new approach to investigating cases of missing people in light of the Rochdale child sexual exploitation case. This new approach aims to target investigations, in future the definition of missing people will be changes to ‘absent’ OR ‘missing’ after a risk assessment has been carried out by the police call handlers.
2013-04-10T15:36:00+01:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/252/primary_school_sport_funding The Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport are jointly providing funding of £150 million per annum for the academic years 2013/14 and 2014/15 to improve the quality of sport and PE for children. 2013-04-08T12:52:00+01:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/5/ensuring_excellence_for_barnets_early_years-barnets_early_years_strategy We are pleased to publish the new 'Ensuring Excellence for Barnet's Early Years' document, which has been written by the Early Years Strategy Group in our Childrens Service. 2013-03-25T11:38:00+00:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/251/stories_together Supporting dialogic book talk in the EYFS

2013-03-20T16:18:00+00:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/250/government_proposals_to_reform_vocational_qualifications_for_16-19_year_olds The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on proposals to reform vocational qualifications for 16-19 year olds. 2013-03-19T13:04:00+00:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/249/new_young_offender_assessment__assetplus

AssetPlus will be available to YOTs in April next year and youth prisons from January 2015. Assessment will be more needs based, taking into account factors such as communication needs and learning difficulties.
2013-03-19T12:51:00+00:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/248/children_with_strong_maths_skills_at_age_10_earn_significantly_more_in_their_30s New research finding show that children with strong maths skills at age 10 earn significantly more in their 30s. The report uses data from the British Cohort study – a large group of individuals born in April 1970 – to look at the link between reading and maths scores at age 10 and earning at age 30, 34 and 38. 2013-03-19T12:46:00+00:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/247/school_capacity_academic_year_2012_to_2012 The statistics provided are based on information collected from local authorities as part of the school capacity 2011/12 collection. It also includes information on the number of places in academies.
2013-03-19T12:43:00+00:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/246/neet_statistic_quarterly_brief__quarter_4_2012 This brief sets out the latest statistics available on young people who are NEET in England from the Department for Educations 16-18 participation statistical first release, the Labour Force survey (LFS) and regional NEET figures. 2013-03-19T12:42:00+00:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/245/a_call_to_end_violence_against_women_and_girls This action plan is the Government’s vision and ambition to tackle the blight of domestic and sexual violence. Recognising that tackling violence against women and girls requires a sustained, robust and dynamic cross Government approach. 2013-03-19T12:29:00+00:00 http://www.barnet.gov.uk/WorkingWithChildrenInBarnet/news/article/244/public_views_on_child_poverty_results_of_the_second_poll_undertaken_as_part_of_the_measuring_child_poverty_consultation A consultation had been undertaken to identify better measures of child poverty with the aim of developing new measure of child poverty that would provide a broader understanding of the real experience of child poverty in the UK . 2013-03-19T12:21:00+00:00