3 July 2003
'My daughter felt under so much pressure that she used
to wake up with nightmares about the tests.' Parent Suzanne Munza at the launch
of a national campaign, Stop the...
3 July 2003
(Photograph) - A grand tea party for 500 at the
Porchester Hall in Bayswater, London, was how the Westminster Children's
Society celebrated its centenary at the end of June. Children,...
3 July 2003
Nursery nurse members of Unison in West Yorkshire have
settled a long-running pay dispute with their local authority, Kirklees, which
makes them among the highest paid in the north of...
3 July 2003
Achildren's centre for every community in England was
the vision unveiled by Government ministers last week as they named the first
32 centres intended to deliver joined-up services to children...
3 July 2003
A fresh stage of the early years recruitment campaign
will get under way this month with adverts on national television alongside a
range of local initiatives. According to Sure Start,...
3 July 2003
A new guide will help parents choose suitable childcare
and early education services. Choosing Childcare - Your Sure Start Guide to
Childcare and Early Education, published by the Daycare Trust...
3 July 2003
Education secretary Charles Clarke announced his
ministerial team's revised responsibilities last week following the Cabinet
reshuffle which put Margaret Hodge in the new role of children's minister.
Catherine Ashton retains...
3 July 2003
(Photograph) - Children from Burdett Coutts
after-school club in Westminster presented Cherie Booth QC with giant childcare
'stars' last week to launch the Excellence in Childcare Awards and Kids' Clubs...
3 July 2003
The New Opportunities Fund's latest round of awards,
totalling £36m, will bring the number of out-of-school childcare places
it has backed close to half a million and create more than...
3 July 2003
More than 5,000 new out-of- school childcare places are
being created across Scotland following the latest round of grants awarded by
the New Opportunities Fund (NOF). After-school, breakfast and holiday...