Education secretary David Blunkett has revealed Pounds 400m of funding for recruiting and training teaching assistants in primary and secondary schools from 2002 to 2004. Local education authorities...
Over half of nursery schools inspected by Ofsted in 2004-05 were judged outstanding, in the latest figures revealing that 38 out of the 68 settings inspected (59 per cent) achieved the highest...
Many of Britain's most popular children's authors have become their childhood story heroes for a new photographic exhibition.
Flowers, Friends And Doctor Who All Featured In The Artwork Of Children Asked To Illustrate Their Ideal Childcare Environment 'Me And My Ideal Childcare' Was The Theme For This Year'S Nursery...
The Welsh Assembly Working Group on Childcare launched its interim report last week. Chair Dr NAME?? Gibbons said, 'The interim report summarises the work done to date and highlights the key issues...
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment in Northern Ireland has published the results of its consultation, 'Towards a framework for early learning', which was launched in March 2004. The...
How much do you know about young children? Test your knowledge by answering the questions below.By June Thompson, health visitor and medical journalist 1 Babies born prematurely (below 37 weeks...
What's seasonal in May? As we head into warmer days at last, spinach provides some of the nutrients and antioxidants needed as we come out of the dark days of winter. The freshest, tenderest spinach...
It may be that by the time you read this, the Department for Education's page on gov.uk will have been updated with full details of the ministers' briefs and exactly where responsibility for...
Autumn is the best time to go for the natural touch in craft activities with children, says Johanna Burkett Autumn is upon us and our lush green parks are changing, producing a wonderful array of...