A campaign to raise fathers' awareness of their rights to paternity leave and to urge employers to top up statutory pay has been launched by pressure group Working Families.
Keyworkers at Fun To Learn preschool on the Isle of Wight are now taking more children after lockdown weeks of sending families videos, dancing and storytime via Facebook, and raising money for the...
This call for evidence asks what professionals across education, children’s social care, health and other specialist services are doing to improve the educational outcomes of children in need.
Children as young as five whose families are subject to racial abuse perform worse at school and are more likely to have problems interacting with their peers, according to a new study.
What in the world is OMEP? Wendy Scott introduces a global early years organisation Nearly 60 years ago Lady Allen of Hurtwood, with colleagues from Sweden, France, Denmark and Norway, conceived the...
Good oral hygiene is the message of educational packs being distributed to 4,000 young children across Belfast. Handel's Fun Pack for Healthy Teeth, featuring a character called Handel, includes three...
A coalition of 18 charities calling itself the Family Room is challenging the next Government to develop a new family strategy.
A new report by the OECD highlights the importance of early education in enabling children, particularly those from disadvantaged families, to gain essential social and emotional skills.
Children from poorer families are missing out on dress-up days at school and other special occasions and events because of the costs associated with them, Child Poverty Action Group research has...
Kevin Lowe, Head of Consultancy Services at the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) calls for a co-ordinated approach to combat the high rates of poor children getting injured or killed on our...