1 July 2004
As the comprehensive spending review approaches, it's
an opportune time to talk to Margaret Hodge, minister for children, young
people and the family, and you can read up on some...
1 July 2004
The Sure Start programme can look forward to an
increase in funding of more than 17 per cent in real terms over the next four
years as a result of...
1 July 2004
(Photograph) - Four-year-old Claudia Davies of
Leamington Spa, winner of the National Deaf Children's Society's art
competition for three-to four year-olds, dons a safari hat at the charity's
60th anniversary...
1 July 2004
'The Bichard report clearly shows failures from which
lessons must be learnt, but in relation to the Soham case an important point
should be noted. Huntley did not work at...
1 July 2004
The results of the first-ever Foundation Stage Profile
assessments in England have been dismissed as being 'fairly meaningless data'
by a leading voluntary organisation for early years practitioners. The data,...
1 July 2004
(Photograph) - Children from the Hurley House
Pre-school in south London helped to launch 'Feeding Young Imaginations' at the
Pre-school Learning Alliance national conference in London on 10 June. The...
1 July 2004
The long-term viability of the Government's Sure Start
initiative has been questioned by a Labour MP. Shaun Woodward said last week
that in his constituency of St Helens in Merseyside,...
1 July 2004
A website providing a voice forchildren and young
people in Wales has been redesigned, with an official relaunch by Jane
Davidson, minister for education and lifelong learning. Funky Dragon, the...
1 July 2004
The deputy health minister has urged everyone in
Scotland to take action now against the 'health time bomb' of childhood
obesity. Speaking at the 'Childhood obesity conference - changing Scotland's...
1 July 2004
(Photograph) - Hannah Ewing and Hattie Barne from
Westercoates Nursery School in Edinburgh add the final touches to their willow
sculpture with help from Brian Hartley, resident artist at the...