Free fruit scheme in doubt
19 July 2007
The free fruit and vegetable scheme, introduced in maintained schools and nurseries in an attempt to improve children's diets, may offer them no long-term benefits, according to new research.
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Sure Start service is urged for more youth provision
19 July 2007
A Sure Start-style programme to create 2,000 youth centres is a key recommendation made last week in the Make Space Youth Review.
Media watch
19 July 2007
As many as 40 per cent of parents with young children cannot recite a single nursery rhyme, preferring instead to sing pop songs or television theme tunes to their child,...
Ofsted could be too big for its own good, say MPs
19 July 2007
Ofsted has been criticised by MPs for being too bureaucratic, amid fears about the wisdom of its expansion.
Maths teaching set for shake-up
19 July 2007
The way young children are taught maths is to be overhauled, the new children's secretary revealed last week.
Children 'don't need toys'
19 July 2007
Encouraging children to tune in to their natural ability to play is better than offering them toys, says a leading child psychologist.
Shut nursery counts cost of flooding
19 July 2007
A nursery in the path of last month's heavy flooding has been forced to close for six weeks with more than £50,000 worth of damages.
In brief: NAO condemns levels of error in tax credits payments
19 July 2007
Incorrect payments of tax credits totalling £1billion are made each year through error or fraud, a report by the National Audit Office on HM Revenue and Customs has revealed. Although...
In brief: Parents unaware of cot death risk caused by smoking
19 July 2007
Up to 70 per cent of parents are unaware of the risk of cot death caused by smoking in the home, according to a poll by the Foundation for the...
In brief: National Council for Educational Excellence to hold first meeting
19 July 2007
The National Council for Educational Excellence will hold its first meeting this week with representatives from early years settings, schools, universities, and the business world. Chaired by the Prime Minister...
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