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.
20/05/2019 - 07:42
Too many children in England are being are 'unnecessarily' being admitted to mental health hospitals.
16/05/2019 - 11:15
The Children’s Commissioner for England has highlighted the hundreds of children who are locked up in institutions across the country.
09/05/2019 - 10:45
A new programme to provide better support for children most at risk of being targeted by gangs or violent crime has been launched.
09/05/2019 - 09:59
Ensuring adults working in early-years settings have good qualifications and ongoing training is key to raising the quality of provision.
08/05/2019 - 10:35
£9.1 million of funding will be used to help offer 50,000 disadvantaged children free meals and activities over the upcoming summer holidays.
07/05/2019 - 10:47
A £10 million investment is set to help over 500 schools take part in a pioneering scheme to tackle bad behaviour.
03/05/2019 - 10:35
The government is reportedly considering forcing schools to open over the summer holidays so that they can be used for activities.
03/05/2019 - 09:37
Damian Hinds is asking local authorities, schools and colleges how the funding system for pupils with special needs and disabilities could improve.
01/05/2019 - 09:09
A new report has warned that constricted funding and increasing demand have left children’s services in England at breaking point.
24/04/2019 - 09:44
A new government-backed programme is encouraging men to start careers in nurseries and early years settings.
16/04/2019 - 12:02
Special needs provision in England has lost out on £1.2 billion because of shortfalls in funding increases from central government since 2015.
16/04/2019 - 09:12
A £15 million fund will be available to local authorities and schools in Wales to fund projects that cater for the local community.
12/04/2019 - 09:55
Ofsted has revealed the scale of the problem of unregistered schools in England, uncovering more than 500 suspected illegal schools.
11/04/2019 - 10:50
New guidance will support councils to negotiate what funding is required from housing developers for new schools and school expansions.
10/04/2019 - 11:31
New research has revealed that an additional 12,835 school classrooms will be needed in England by 2021/2022 in order to meet rising demand.
