Ruth Kelly has been named Secretary of State for Education and Skills, following Charles Clarke's move to Home Secretary. Ms Kelly, 36, joined the Cabinet Office in 2004. She started work in the early...
This week's columnist Tim Gill addresses the impact of a preoccupation with 'stranger danger' Let's get one thing straight. The threat from strangers is, and always has been, very small, no matter...
Richmond-upon-Thames council in London has received 2.5m to develop a network of children's centres. Two centres in the Ham/ Petersham and Heathfield/Whitton areas will open in April 2008. Further...
Around a quarter (24 per cent) of nursery and pre-school settings remained closed in the week beginning 1 June, despite the Government giving the go-ahead for opening early years provision to all...
The tub is the place to wind down after a baby massage class in Ijmuiden, the Netherlands. Practitioners use the water-filled TummyTubs in the cooling down phase of the classes for mothers and babies...
The UK is in the midst of a ‘cost-of-children crisis’ as new analysis shows one in five parents are in ‘dire financial straits’.
A major five-month consultation on the physical punishment of children in the home has begun in Northern Ireland. At its launch in Belfast, finance and personnel minister Mark Durkan said, 'We know...
With just six months to go until the roll-out of the 1, 140 funded hours in Scotland, a new report by Audit Scotland warns there is a risk there may not be enough facilities or staff to deliver the...
Siren Films' new package of clips and materials to support early assessment aims to make up for what has been a lack consistent information since the EYFS was overhauled in 2021. Dr Sue Allingham...
Only 25 per cent of primary school children are allowed to travel home from school alone and many can't play and travel in their local area without adult supervision, causing an adverse effect to...