22 March 2001
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 will decide...
22 March 2001
Childcare students at the North-East Surrey College of
Technology near Epsom were surprised to be joined by Penny Tassoni (front
centre), author of textbooks on the Diploma in Childcare and...
22 March 2001
The trade union Unison is calling for a London local
authority to be stripped of a good service award because it says councillors
reneged on a nursery nurses' pay agreement....
22 March 2001
Lone parents will be compelled to attend job interviews
as part of Government regulations announced last week. Prime minister Tony
Blair said that from next month, sanctions in the New...
22 March 2001
Nurseries are invited to join a new free scheme in
association with Walker Books entitling members to exclusive offers and
discounts. The Friends of Walker Books Nursery Scheme, launched exclusively...
22 March 2001
* Schools are being encouraged to take a fresh look at
their security arrangements with the help of a new Government video and
website. The move follows the recommendationof a...
22 March 2001
A major safety campaign is aiming to reduce the
alarming number of burns injuries to children. More than 3,500 children under
the age of five are admitted to hospital in...
22 March 2001
(Photograph) - Popular children's television presenter
and entertainer Floella Benjamin visited the College of North West London to
launch 'Heart of Learning', a training video to help carers of three...
22 March 2001
Babies who are not introduced to chewy foods by the age
of ten months may become fussy eaters as they grow older, according to
researchers at the University of Bristol....
22 March 2001
Girls show greater ability at school than boys even
before they begin formal education, new Government-funded research has found.
The study, 'Baseline Assessment in Scotland: an analysis of pilot data',...
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