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Sharing mealtimes with other children in nursery helps to develop social skills and a healthy and positive approach to eating, according to a new European-wide survey of young children's experiences....
The Department for Education and Skills is reviewing the way it communicates with local authorities and considering a local authority-dedicated website. The project will initially focus on children's...
Margaret Hodge MP, chair of the Public Accounts Committee and former children's minister, and shadow children's minister Sharon Hodgson have backed calls from local authorities for funding for the new...
Underspend by local authorities of Government funding for three- and four-year-old childcare places has risen to £62 million, National Day Nurseries Association analysis reveals.
The hourly funding rate paid by the Government to local authorities for the three-and four-year-old entitlements will rise by 17p an hour in most local authority areas in England from April, the...
Unison has lodged a pay claim south of the border with the local government pay negotiating body, the National Joint Council for Local Government Services, to put an end to term-time only contracts,...
Guidance on the new legal requirement for children with special educational needs to be included in mainstream education has been published by the ScottishExecutive. The new requirement, introduced as...
I am writing in response to Julian Grenier's feature 'In terror' (27 September), for I felt that some of its emphasis was extremely misplaced. Yes, of course, the tragic events in America, with which...
New statutory guidance for Sure Start children's centres will soon be up for consultation with the Government, Sarah Teather told a committee of MPs this week.
Let all the children share in the fun of being in water next time you make a trip to the swimming pool by playing these team games, as explained by Lynne Garner This collection of games will ensure...