Education minister for Wales, Jane Davidson, officially opened the 1.5m integrated centre at Hollybush Primary School in Torfaen. Services at the centre, in a building made from sustainable wood,...
Scotland's primary schools have been sent information packs with health and safety guidance to protect pupils from the E.coli 0157 infection on school trips to farms. Scotland experiences a...
Asquith Court announced last week that it has acquired a large number of the creches and nurseries owned by David Lloyd Leisure. The nursery group, the UK's second largest chain, has bought 41 of the...
An international award for services to parents and babies has been made to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantristant. Welsh health minister Jane Hutt presented staff at the hospital with the UNICEF...
Children in deprived areas in England are to be offered free swimming as one of nine pilot community schemes aimed at increasing access to physical activity and sport in low-income areas. The 2.5m...
Teachers in Northern Ireland are being surveyed this week about the stresses and strains of their profession in a bid to establish healthier working practices. The wide-ranging questionnaire being put...
Health visitor assistant Linda Bartholomew and her colleague Cathy Kennedy have launched a networking project to promote good health in local nurseries. Here in the first of a new series, Linda looks...
Ofsted has published its first major survey on health and well-being in education since the beginning of the Every Child Matters agenda. The report aims to disseminate good practice and encourage...
Resist that urge to itch - it's time to think again about head lice. Treating children for head lice infestation usually includes treating the adults who care for them too, and nannies are no...