4 January 2001
Edinburgh Council has produced rigorous guidelines on
use of pictures of children on school websites. Photographs of children up to
Primary 5 should only be used if the children are...
4 January 2001
Early years organisations have welcomed comments by the
House of Commons Education Select Committee report on Ofsted that the new
director of early years should have 'substantial experience' in the...
4 January 2001
An initiative by the Welsh Assembly aimed at
transforming how the needs of children and young people are met by service
providers in Wales has been welcomed by a leading...
4 January 2001
(Photograph) - Kiddy Care Nursery is the first nursery
in the London borough of Waltham Forest to receive an Investors in People (IiP)
award, and worked with London East Training...
4 January 2001
Busy Bees, one of the most rapidly-growing nursery
groups, has established a firm presence in the north-west with the acquisition
of Tibbitots Day Nurseries in Lancashire. The chain has been...
4 January 2001
Government figures have shown a 25 per cent rise in the
number of teaching assistants in primary schools in England in the past three
years, from 54,100 in 1997 to...
4 January 2001
A booklet to assist carers and the parents of bereaved
children has been published by the charity Cruse Bereavement Care. The
eight-page booklet, Has someone died - Helping children, has...
4 January 2001
Far too many political and economic leaders are failing
to grasp that investing in children aged nought to three is the only way to
ensure every child has the opportunity...
4 January 2001
(Photograph) - Former children's television presenter
Johnny Ball has called on schools to raise money for Unicef's vital work with
children growing up alone in Uganda and Romania by registering...
4 January 2001
The National Literacy Strategy (NLS) has worked well in
small rural schools with mixed-aged classes, despite concerns that it would not
be flexible enough to suit groups with a broad...