Nearly half of the UK's fathers fail to take the two weeks' paternity leave they are entitled to, new research suggests.
In-house expertise on High/Scope has enabled Causeway Green Primary School to develop a child-initiated approach to learning in its reception classes. Now the curriculum content is negotiated with the...
'Father engagement' should be included in Ofsted's inspection framework for early years services and schools, says the Fatherhood Institute in its response to the Government's families green paper.
Reception classes will cease to exist in Northern Ireland from September 2007, the province's Department of Education (DoE) has confirmed. New legislation that prevents schools in Northern Ireland...
Two nursery schools face closure next summer under Edinburgh City Council plans to save 200,000 a year.
The oldest-known nursery in central London has had a last-minute reprieve from closure. King's College London has stepped in to save the Kingsway Children's Centre in Holborn, which had expected to...
Parents of disabled children in England can expect better co-ordinated health, education and social services under guidance published last week. Three sets of linked guidelines, published by the...
Almost one in 12 six-year-old children in the UK is obese and the problem is increasing, research published last week by the Health Development Agency has found. The HDA report, The management of...
A ‘sector council’ which aims to raise the profile of early years by lobbying on key issues has been created by NAHT.
A group of nine former Government ministers, including the former children's minister Beverley Hughes, wrote to Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday (Tuesday) to protest about the decision to axe tax...