A roundup of national news, reports and consultations relevant to children's services http://www.nfer.ac.uk/emie Hundreds of children who are permanently excluded from school are to be part of a new trial to improve their education. http://www.nfer.ac.uk/emie/detail.asp?id_content=4086&id_category=277&id_Ref=8661&level=2&detail=news The House of Commons Education Committee has issued a short report publishing and commenting on the Government's response to the Committee's inquiry into services for young people. http://www.nfer.ac.uk/emie/detail.asp?id_content=4086&id_category=277&id_Ref=8663&level=2&detail=news Sir Michael Wilshaw is the Secretary of State's preferred choice for the post of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector. http://www.nfer.ac.uk/emie/detail.asp?id_content=4086&id_category=277&id_Ref=8657&level=2&detail=news Victims of child sexual exploitation are being failed by Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs), according to a new study by the University of Bedfordshire. http://www.nfer.ac.uk/emie/detail.asp?id_content=4086&id_category=277&id_Ref=8659&level=2&detail=news The Office of the Children's Commissioner has issued a call for evidence as part of its two-year Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Gangs and Groups. http://www.nfer.ac.uk/emie/detail.asp?id_content=4086&id_category=277&id_Ref=8660&level=2&detail=news CfBT has presented interim findings of its research into the role of chair of the school governing body. http://www.nfer.ac.uk/emie/detail.asp?id_content=4086&id_category=277&id_Ref=8658&level=2&detail=news England's most disadvantaged pupils are set to benefit from an extra 58 pounds each after the Department for Education announced that this year's Pupil Premium will increase to 488 pounds. http://www.nfer.ac.uk/emie/detail.asp?id_content=4086&id_category=277&id_Ref=8647&level=2&detail=news New research by the National Children's Bureau, with input from the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, finds that the children and young people's voluntary sector is amongst the hardest hit by government funding cuts and local authority austerity measures. http://www.nfer.ac.uk/emie/detail.asp?id_content=4086&id_category=277&id_Ref=8651&level=2&detail=news The Prime Minister has announced the appointment of Louise Casey CB as the head of a new Troubled Families Team to drive forward the Prime Minister's commitment to turn around the lives of 120,000 troubled families. http://www.nfer.ac.uk/emie/detail.asp?id_content=4086&id_category=277&id_Ref=8652&level=2&detail=news GCSE pupils' reading is more than a year behind the standard of their peers in Shanghai, Korea and Finland, according to research. http://www.nfer.ac.uk/emie/detail.asp?id_content=4086&id_category=277&id_Ref=8653&level=2&detail=news The Private Equity Foundation (PEF) has announced a new partnership providing critical support to those young people most at risk of falling out of education, employment or training. http://www.nfer.ac.uk/emie/detail.asp?id_content=4086&id_category=277&id_Ref=8656&level=2&detail=news