York College has been fined £175,000 and ordered to pay court costs of £45,000 for health and safety breaches in relation to the death of Lydia Bishop.
Half of the £8.6bn children’s services budget in England is currently being spent on just 73,000 children, meaning millions go without support, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.
Working as a children's services co-ordinator, and the experience that has been gained from it, is the ideal place from which to consider a diverse range of roles. Tina Jefferies advises on the...
The three main political parties have been busy making statements about parenting and work-life balance during and leading up to their annual conferences (see News, pages 5 and 6). A major...
Young children respond to art instinctively as a way to express themselves, and in experimenting with materials they discover how to give form to their ideas and feelings Painting and drawing are...
The Government has today launched a 'major' review that will look at the support available for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and how it can be improved.
In the first of a series looking at how the Government’s 30 hours offer of free childcare is being piloted, Charlotte Goddard explores a scheme that has places reserved for unemployed parents. Plus,...
The protests about the introduction of the nursery education grant Code of Practice are gathering force, particularly in Kent, where nursery and pre-school owners are holding meetings, alerting the...