12 April 2001
The bright and spacious playroom and the high quality
resources at Brora Playgroup in Sutherland are praised in the latest batch of
HM inspection reports. Inspectors said the 18 children...
12 April 2001
The Scottish Executive set out its response to the
Scottish Parliament's special educational needs inquiry report last week.
Deputy education minister Nicol Stephen said the report was a helpful
contribution...
12 April 2001
The suspension of a nursery headteacher has been
criticised by a teaching union as improper and unjust. The Glasgow secretary of
Scotland's leading teaching union EIS condemned the action against...
12 April 2001
Counsellors have been made available on standby in
Dumfries and Galloway, the part of Scotland which has been most severely
affected by foot and mouth disease, to help children traumatised...
12 April 2001
A £4m funding boost is set to create around 8,000
childcare places for student parents in England over the next three years.
Announcing the funding, employment and equal opportunities minister...
12 April 2001
Thousands more children are now taught in classes of
under 30 pupils in England, according to new Government statistics . Figures
released last weekshow that 200,000 fewer primary pupils are...
12 April 2001
(Photograph) - Nursery nurse Stephanie Poole reads to
three-year-old Simran Singh in the new Kidsunlimited nursery in Didsbury. The
£1.5m, 126-place setting has a baby room, arts room and large...
12 April 2001
* The Select Committee on Education and Employment has
invited representatives from five early years organisations and settings to
discuss the Government's response to its report on the early years...
12 April 2001
The Children's Commissioner for Wales has been given
additional powers to consider and make representations about any matter
affecting children's rights and welfare. An amendment to the Children's
Commissioner for...
12 April 2001
* Early years workers have a vital role in the fight to
end race hate, delegates were told at a conference in London last week. Gurbux
Singh, chair of the...