Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
10/04/2017 - 09:54
A new multi-agency group organised by the Shiva Foundation, Hertfordshire CC, the Hertfordshire Constabulary and the Police Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire, has been formed to help staff identify and prevent modern slavery.
07/04/2017 - 10:46
Isle of Wight Council has welcomed a ruling by the Supreme Courty that its decision to fine a father who took his daughter on an unauthorised term-time holiday was legal.
05/04/2017 - 10:51
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced new plans to help workless families break out of unemployment and disadvantage.
04/04/2017 - 10:14
The Department for Education has announced a £2.4 billion cash injection to help create 600,000 extra school places and improve or expand thousands of school buildings.
03/04/2017 - 11:34
Sunderland City Council has completed the transfer of its children’s services to a new company, after it received an ‘inadequate’ rating by Ofsted back in July 2015.
03/04/2017 - 10:53
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has announced a statue of Millicent Fawcett, one of the leading figures in the campaign
30/03/2017 - 12:27
The Local Government Association (LGA) has cautioned that pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are at risk of being turned away by mainstream schools due to a lack of funding and rising demand.
24/03/2017 - 11:33
Swindon Council has set aside £600,000 over the next three years to help improve educational outcomes set out in its Swindon Challenge strategy.
23/03/2017 - 10:14
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and Arts Council England has announced that 30 local authorities’ libraries services from across the country will receive a total of £3.9 million from the Libraries Opportunities for Everyone Innovation fund.
17/03/2017 - 10:57
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has warned that changes to councils’ transport policies are having a negative effect on children trying to get to school.
16/03/2017 - 10:52
Many local authorities face being unable to meet their legal obligations to schools, the Local Government Association has warned.
14/03/2017 - 09:11
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has appointed Steve Holliday as the chair of the Youth Full-Time Social Action review.
10/03/2017 - 10:26
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has announced almost 1,250 people have applied for 23 cyber security apprentice roles in three-week application period.
08/03/2017 - 15:01
Chancellor Philip Hammond has presented the 2017 Spring Budget, with the announcement of additional funding for free schools.
06/03/2017 - 10:58
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced that vocational and technical education in England will receive an extra £500 million per year in a bid to train more skilled workers and boost the economy.
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