Care standards inspectors in Wales can extend their professional skills with the introduction of a new qualification. The Regulation of Care Services Award, developed jointly by the Care Standards...
'Educational inequality is not a side effect of poverty; they are inextricably linked. Recent Ofsted-funded research has found that educational inequality is growing and we should not be surprised;...
The Sure Start North Moor Children's Centre has opened in Montagu, Newcastle, offering community-based facilities to parents and carers of children under five. Services include play and learning...
A consortium of children's groups and health and consumer campaigners is urging the Government to further curb junk food advertisements aimed at children. The National Children's Bureau has joined...
According to figures collated by the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS), 51 out of 100 local councils and health services have failed the inspection of their SEND support.
Take-up of the MMR vaccination in children aged under two has dropped by 3 per cent over the past three months, the Scottish Executive revealed last week. Scotland's chief medical officer, Dr Mac...
Pre-school and out-of-school services in Wales are to benefit from an extra 1.5m in Government funding. Welsh health and social services minister Jane Hutt revealed that 500,000 will go to playgroups...
Britain' s mothers are under so much pressure to feed their children healthily that three-quarters admit to lying about what they give them, reported The Metro. It is common for them to exaggerate to...
After a number of children were diagnosed with E.coli infection, a private nursery in Brecon, Wales, was forced to close last week. The first case at Puffins Pre-school was identified on 9 November...
The Government stuck to its guns on physical punishment last week, when he Prime Minister's official spokesman rejected calls by the health select committee to use the forthcoming Green Paper on...