31 October 2002
Out-of-school care is under the spotlight again this
week, with the Kids' Clubs Network launching a campaign to set up facilities
for teenagers (see News, page 6). Expansion in this...
31 October 2002
The New Opportunities Fund has extended the deadline
for applications to its out-of-school hours childcare programme to enable it to
allocate the full amount of £220m earmarked for the scheme...
31 October 2002
(Photograph) - Health visitors and midwives joined
forces with the Welsh Assembly last week in a drive to protect babies from
passive smoking - with a stark warning that up...
31 October 2002
'We've had some prats and some monumental prats doing
the job. I would personally prefer to have somebody who manifests some human
feelings, makes the odd mistake. You could see...
31 October 2002
Plans for a pilot project in Wales giving schools
latitude in the way they spend money on support staff to help relieve teachers
of administrative burdens have been welcomed by...
31 October 2002
Children as young as eight are to be targeted by crime
prevention panels set up by the Youth Justice Board. The board's chairman Lord
Warner told a conference organised by...
31 October 2002
The Daycare Trust has renewed its call for every
community to have a children's centre, urging parents and organisations to sign
its charter calling for 'a publicly-funded universal expansion of...
31 October 2002
Four-and five-year-old children in 80 primary schools
in Northern Ireland are to get a free piece of fruit each day in a pilot
healthy eating scheme. Launching the Fresh Fruit...
31 October 2002
Further to the news story in last week's Nursery World
about the House of Commons debate on the vetting of childcarers, we would like
to make it clear that the...
31 October 2002
Teaching unions have expressed their hopes for the work
of Charles Clarke as the new secretary of state for education and skills,
following the surprise resignation of Estelle Morris (above)...