28 September 2006
Parents who want advice on maternity and paternity
leave and flexible working can e-mail or text their questions to the Working
Families charity helpline team. The new service, launching on...
28 September 2006
Paul Ennals, chief executive of the National Children's
Bureau, has been re-appointed chair of the Children's Workforce Network, which
is working in partnership with the Children's Workforce Development Council to...
28 September 2006
An analysis of childcare in 20 different countries by
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has found
growing support for the position that early childhood education and care...
28 September 2006
Homeless children and their families are enjoying a
garden that opened last week with the help of leadingnursery chain. A
collaboration between Bright Horizons Foundation for Children, the charitable
arm...
28 September 2006
A nursery owner accused of assaulting a two-year-old
girl in her care is braced to receive a verdict from a magistrate's court this
week. Olive Rack, owner of Tresco House...
28 September 2006
The DfES is consulting on draft regulations on how to
set targets that local authorities will need to meet under the Childcare Act.
Children's minister Beverley Hughes said, 'It is...
28 September 2006
Plans for a shared database that will hold basic
records on every child under 18 in England from 2008 have been set out by the
DfES. The Information Sharing Index...
28 September 2006
'Toxic childhood' campaigner Dr Richard House argues
that urgent action is needed to transform children's lives before the damage
becomes irreversible Grave concerns about childhood, and what educational
practices and...
28 September 2006
Encouraging children to get physical can lay the basis
for health and success in other fields, says Rachel Goodchild The phrase
'obesity epidemic' seems to be everywhere. We are told...
28 September 2006
Whether it's swimming, horse-riding, dancing, cycling
or games of tag, there are lots of ways to get inactive children moving Isn't
reading and mathematics more important than exercise?
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