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Issue UD.15

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Every Child Update Issue 15

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  • 30 Mar 2011
  • 24mins
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Child File:Equality Duty 2010

Athough the Equality Act 2010 is already legislation, many aspects of it are still to be implemented. The general duties are set out in the Act but the specifc duties require secondary legislation. These child file materials might be used to help you comply with the Act: Assessing relevance, Equality information, Gaps in equality information, Access to information, Equality objectives.

  • 30 Mar 2011
  • 24mins
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Giving them a chance

Chance UK is an intervention programme in the UK that has been collecting evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of what they do. Here, Matt Collins tells us how they’ve gone about being ‘proven’.

  • 30 Mar 2011
  • 24mins
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Starting on the Right Foot

The principle of collecting and using evidence of what works is nothing new. The Institute for Effective Education has been doing it for years. In this article, Jonathan Haslan, Manager of Dissemination, gives us his view of the Graham Allen review.

  • 30 Mar 2011
  • 24mins
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The Canteen – an extension of the classroom

Cases of obesity in children are growing. Nothing seems to be working, so what else can we try? This ground-breaking research makes some controversial suggestions.

  • 30 Mar 2011
  • 24mins
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The hidden sentence

Do schools know which of their pupils has a parent in prison? Many don’t. Families in this situation are usually anxious to hide their predicament away. In Warwickshire multi-agency services have been meeting together to find some solutions.

  • 30 Mar 2011
  • 24mins
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Vetting and barring scheme remodelling review (open access article)

It’s all changing in relation to vetting and barring. We knew it was coming as the coalition government announced in June 2010 that the planned implementation of the VBS was to be halted pending a review.

  • 30 Mar 2011
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Support and aspiration: a new approach to SEN (open access article)

The SEN Green Paper is a long-awaited consultation. It doesn’t disappoint in its capacity for change and does represent a radical review of the way in which SEN is addressed.

  • 30 Mar 2011
  • 24mins
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Equality Act 2010

Although not new, the Equality Act 2010 is just starting to take effect. Here we detail what it might mean for you.

  • 30 Mar 2011
  • 24mins