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...
(Photograph) - Four-year-olds Emma and Layla admire the Persian New Year display in the foyer of Gwendolin House Nursery in Putney, London. Persian New Year, or Norooz, begins on 21 March, the first...
In this UK study, birth and death addresses of children dying from cancer were linked to emissions hotspots for specific chemicals, and to related source installations (bus stations, heavy transport...
Children under three should not watch any television, and older children should have their TV viewing rationed to a 'recommended daily allowance', a scientist told MPs on Monday. Speaking at a...
Moves towards healthier eating are bearing fruit with last week's launch of a Government initiative for schools. More than 80,000 four-to six-year-olds in 510 schools across England are included in...
Nearly half of the teaching principals in Catholic schools in Northern Ireland have been diagnosed as suffering from depression or stress, according to the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools. Its...
(Photograph) - Children at St Cuthbert's Primary School in Glasgow are going bananas - and satsumas, grapes and apples - over healthy eating in the Fruit Plus project being piloted at 12 primary and...
The winner of the Community Playthings Multi-tables competition held at the South West Regional Exhibition and Conference in Torquay in January is Victoria King, deputy head of the Rees Pre-school in...
Northern Ireland's Children's Commissioner has called for the urgent development of a comprehensive play strategy in the province. Calling for immediate action on a Government pledge to develop a...
Overstated dangers of food allergies in children are fuelling 'unnecessary alarm' among childcarers, schools and parents, according to a leading child health academic. Writing in the British Medical...