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Caroline Flint, who set up the first cross-party group for childcare, and was one of 101 Labour women MPs elected 20 years ago next month, reflects on the dramatic changes to early years policy since...
Family fortunes: the new politics of childhood Edited by Patrick Diamond, Sunder Katwala and Meg Munn
The New Community Schools approach, which encourages the provision of integrated services focused on the needs of the child, is to be rolled out across 16 local authorities. Minister for education and...
The true number of children in the UK who have type 2 diabetes may be going unnoticed, claims a report in this week's BMJ. It said that cases of children with type 2 diabetes had been linked to the...
Using extracts from his new book on the subject, Damien Fitzgerald argues that the Government’s approach to early years policy has substantially reduced the essential focus on quality
As schools in England set out to fulfill the aims of the Government's new Extended Schools programme, they could look to Scotland for a working model, as Mary Evans reports
Integrated community schools have been successful in supporting vulnerable children, encouraging more active pupil and parental involvement, and increasing the range of activities during and after...
The Scottish Executive has announced funding for a further 14 local authorities to roll out the New Community Schools approach, bringing the total to 30. New Community Schools bring teachers, social...
Making children in day nurseries wear electronic tags has been criticised as a 'gimmick' that is fuelling paranoia in parents. Tagging systems similar in design to the anti-theft tags used in clothes...
A leading academic has urged childcare providers in the voluntary and private sectors to make the case for what they have to offer Scotland's New Community Schools (NCS) initiative. Professor Eric...