The National Minimum Wage is to increase by 12p an hour to 6.31 for adults from 1 October 2013.
Around 25 grandparents a day leave their job to bring up their grandchildren and as a result often end up in poverty, warns a new report.
Eating at a fast food restaurant could expose children to 'shockingly high' levels of salt, a survey of restaurant chains has found.
Accessible, affordable, high-quality childcare has been the mantra of this Government, but two news stories this week highlight how far this has to go before it is within reach of all parents (see...
My first few weeks as the new chair of the School Food Trust have coincided with two big milestones in raising the quality of food for children.
Education secretary Ruth Kelly attracted some positive attention last week when she declared that she was kindly disposed to considering the introduction of national pay scales for teaching assistants...
The increasingly high profile of the nursery business means that the mainly female entrepreneurs who run them are also getting more recognition. In our news section this week (page 9) you can read...
Maintained nursery schools in at least two parts of England have been told that their budgets will be slashed from next September because of the introduction of the single funding formula and the...
Understanding how children express pain, and knowing what to do about it, are vital, explains Meredith Jones Russell
Teachers in the largest teaching union have shown their displeasure about SATs for children at seven and 11, while rejecting a proposed boycott of this spring's tests in England. The National Union of...