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Issue 1.12

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Young Carers

The label, ‘Young Carer’ includes everything from intensive support of a severely handicapped parent to more simple tasks such as communicating for profoundly deaf relatives. But according to official figures, some 13,000 out of a total 175, 000 young carers in the UK are providing more than 50 hours of help a week, of which nearly 1,000 children are aged between five and seven years old. In the past, they have been labelled serial or hardcore truants. So what can be done about this small group of pupils who do not go to school, do not think about passing exams or getting job, who are often angry at the world and who have few hopes for their futures?

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Leadership

The National Employers Skills Survey

This survey provides detailed information on the incidence, extent and nature of skills problems facing employers, in terms of both recruitment and skill gaps within their existing workforce. It also explores employers’ activities and expenditure in relation to training. It will be of interest to everyone involved in improving skills and learning opportunities in the workforce across England. Update Note: Summary only - The full report is no longer available

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Leadership

Teenage Pregnancy

Teenage Pregnancy – Next Steps is a 68–page guidance document from the DfES, providing information on good practice, to enable local areas to take action in order to halve the under–18 conception rate by 2010. It outlines the rationale for the teenage pregnancy strategy, makes the financial case for investing in measures to address the issue, presents evidence of which young women get pregnant, and explains the underlying factors that affect young people’s sexual behaviour. Update Note: The full report is no longer available

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Extended Services In Schools And Children’s Centres

This 25–page report identifies and assesses the factors which contribute to effective provision of services in schools and children’s centres. It follows the Government’s pledge that, by 2010, ‘all children should have access to a variety of activities beyond the school day’ and that these will give them ‘the opportunity to keep fit and healthy, to acquire new skills, to build on what they learn during the school day or simply to have fun and relax’. Update Note: The full report is no longer available

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Continuing Professional Development In Effective Schools

This 29–page report looks at schools’ arrangements for the professional development of their staff. It describes the most effective practice as a logical chain of procedures which place continuous professional development at the heart of schools’ planning for improvement. The findings are intended to disseminate best practice and to provide help to institutions seeking to improve this aspect of their work. Update Note: The full report is no longer available

  • 24mins
Leadership

The National Employers Skills Survey

This survey provides detailed information on the incidence, extent and nature of skills problems facing employers, in terms of both recruitment and skill gaps within their existing workforce. It also explores employers’ activities and expenditure in relation to training. It will be of interest to everyone involved in improving skills and learning opportunities in the workforce across England. Update Note: The full report is no longer available

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