7 December 2006
The Government is 'more or less on course' to meet its
target of providing full childcare from 8am to 6pm at half of all primary
schools by 2008, according to...
7 December 2006
Campaigners against the revised funding rules for the
nursery education grant met with the new shadow minister for education at the
House of Commons last week (22 November) to discuss...
7 December 2006
(Photograph) - Children's author and illustrator
Babette Cole shares one of her books at last month's opening of the
Illustration Cupboard, a gallery for contemporary book illustrations in London.
Artists...
7 December 2006
Putting a 'calypso' spin on the traditional Christmas
party and nativity play has not gone down well with Christian parents at
Highview Primary School in Surrey, according to The Sun....
7 December 2006
Special needs nursery officers have balloted for
industrial action against Lancashire County Council in a final bid to save
their service. The nine nursery officers provide care, therapy and diagnosis...
7 December 2006
A test to protect special schools from closure is to be
introduced by the Government, schools minister Lord Adonis said last week.
Education authorities will not be able to close...
7 December 2006
A summary of Scottish education authorities'
implementation of the first phase of the Additional Support for Learning Act
published by HM Inspectorate of Education shows that while many more children,...
7 December 2006
Nearly half of all parents of disabled children believe
they have missed out on benefits and tax credits because they were not told
they could apply, according to a report...
7 December 2006
The cot death study which discredited paediatrician Sir
Roy Meadow and helped free two women convicted for killing their babies has
been criticised in a paper in the British Medical...
7 December 2006
The DfES's chief advisor on children's services, Naomi
Eisenstadt, has been appointed director of the Government's Social Exclusion
Task Force.