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The new report for Sure Start on children's transition from the Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1, carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research, will provide welcome ammunition...

The Government's goal of creating fully integrated children's services outlined in Every Child Matters 'will fail to be realised without significant and sustained additional investment', an influential committee of MPs...

(Photograph) - Six-year-old Lewis Wilson got down among the daffodils at a gardening workshop for children at Dundee's Duntrune Demonstration Garden last week. Participants planted ageratum, a small blue-flowered bedding...

Early years organisations across Northern Ireland are 'watching with envy' the amount of money the Government is investing in England's Sure Start services and children's centres.

Four local authorities have been cited as beacons of good practice for their integrated children's services. Essex, Knowsley, West Sussex, and Telford and Wrekin received the Beacon Status award from...

Mick Brooks, head teacher of Sherwood Junior School in Nottinghamshire, will succeed David Hart as the new general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers on 1 September. Mr...

How to promote collaborativeworking in the voluntary sector is the subject of a report launched by the Children's Centre Project, a group of children's charities. The Co-operate Sector by James...

Come and Play, the musicworkshop programme for children aged four to 14 run by 4Children, has received £500,000 from the charity Youth Music . The programme is on target to...

Children in Scotland is calling on the Scottish Executive to increase support for families experiencing breakdown, with more early intervention and better training for the professionals who make decisions about...

(Photograph) - A young boy pauses for reflection during a demonstration of the Reggio Emilia learning approach at Camrose Sure Start Centre in Northampton, when the centre held a four-day...