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.
10/10/2018 - 10:55
School music lessons will be under threat unless the government covers the cost of the teacher pay rise to include music teachers.
08/10/2018 - 11:35
Libraries across England that have avoided closure after funding cuts have significantly reduced their public opening times.
08/10/2018 - 10:28
The number of referrals to child and adolescent mental health services in England has increased by 26 per cent over the past five years.
26/09/2018 - 11:27
Public Health Minister Steve Brine has encouraged local authorities to apply to its ‘trailblazer’ programme to tackle childhood obesity
26/09/2018 - 09:47
Jeremy Corbyn is expected to announce a pledge to extend the government’s 30 hours of free childcare programme.
25/09/2018 - 09:46
A new report from UNISON has argued that public services support staff are doing more than 40 million hours of unpaid overtime a year.
24/09/2018 - 10:44
Angela Rayner is set to tell the Labour Party conference in Liverpool that the current school system is ‘simply not fit for purpose’.
19/09/2018 - 09:50
The government has announced that its intervention in Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is to end on 24 September.
18/09/2018 - 12:54
Under new proposals, Norfolk County Council has recommended shutting 46 out of 53 centres when their contracts end in September 2019.
18/09/2018 - 09:58
Children are breathing dangerous levels of toxic air as they make their way to and from school, as well as once they are inside their classrooms.
12/09/2018 - 14:55
Children going into care face a postcode lottery for the opportunity to stay with relatives, with one in five initially placed with a friend or relative.
04/09/2018 - 09:19
The 30 hours funded childcare offer has led to increased fees for nearly half of parents and is financially hitting providers.
31/08/2018 - 15:42
The Education Secretary has published a new toolkit to help schools save money to ensure every pound possible is being spent in the classroom.
31/08/2018 - 09:15
Nearly 134,000 children will miss out on a secondary school place by 2023 as a result of the surge in primary school pupils.
30/08/2018 - 11:00
Schools in England are facing a ‘severe shortage’ of teachers ahead of the new academic year.
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