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...
The head of a private school who was found guilty of health and safety offences following the death of a three-year-old boy in the school playground has won an appeal against his conviction.
A leading charity is campaigning for private and voluntary early years providers to be included in a healthy eating bill for schools. Children in Scotland is backing an initial report from the...
The health problems children may have in their early years can haunt them for the rest of their lives. Although most people are getting healthier and living longer, some health problems in children...
Families in the London borough of Walthamstow can come to the new Sybourn Children's Centre for daycare and for storytelling and music sessions, a toy library, specialist speech and language therapy,...