Two national charities have joined forces to explore possible evidence that children who abuse animals may grow into adults who are violent or who become child abusers. Last week the National Society...
School leaders’ union NAHT has warned that without sufficient funding, the SEN code of practice is nothing more than an ‘empty promise’.
Like those working indoors, forest school practitioners must juggle play, learning and development, along with health and safety in an environment that can pose greater hazards.
Existing skills gaps will be brought into sharp focus by the new integrated review in September. Hannah Crown identifies the areas to consider for investment in training.
Children whose fathers are away in prison need not miss out on hearing a bedtime story from him. Fathers in Winchester Prison have been provided with recording facilities by Hampshire County Council....
* At any one time local authorities in England look after 58,000 children. * About 20 per cent of children in local authority care - over 10,000 - are four years old or younger.
Ahead of the next general election, the Education Policy Institute (EPI) is calling on the political parties to simplify the early years funding system and weight it ‘more heavily’ towards children...
(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...
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...
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...