Children aged eight to 12 are being urged to get more involved in democracy and citizenship through the Junior Exec website launched by the Scottish Executive. The site at www.juniorexec.gov.uk...
Sudden infant deaths in England and Wales have fallen by almost a quarter, according to the latest round of figures released by the Office of National Statistics. Health Statistics Quarterly revealed...
(Photograph) - Five-year-old Georgina Davidson from St Mary's Primary School in Askham Richard, north Yorkshire, listens to her sick teddy bear's chest with help from York University medical student...
The all-party education select committee report on early education which was published back in January said, 'We recommend that no childminder should be allowed to smack any child in their care'. I...
A schools and counselling service for Northern Ireland schoolchildren was launched last week by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) as part of its Full Stop campaign...
The recommendations of the Better Communication Research Programme (BCRP), the largest ever programme of research into children's speech, language and communication services in the UK, put an emphasis...
The Child Povery Action Group has called on Chancellor Gordon Brown to put reducing child poverty at the centre of this week's Pre-Budget Statement. CPAG director Martin Barnes said, 'Progress is...
The official opening of Cramlington West Children's Centre in Northumberland was attended by Father Christmas as well as Barnado's chief executive Martin Narey. The centre has been created in...
'It is scandalous that the Government has ignored the view of virtually every child protection and health professional in the country. The Dickensian idea of reasonable chastisement has no place in a...
The Welsh Assembly is set to consider the findings of a year-long review of special needs provision by its Health and Social Services Committee. The review found that while there were pockets of good...