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.
11/06/2018 - 11:25
Ofsted report says Birmingham Children’s Trust has made further progress in improving the quality of services for young people leaving care.
01/06/2018 - 10:15
The Children's Commissioner for England has warned that thousands of children are still ‘pinging’ around the care system.
31/05/2018 - 11:01
New research has revealed that parent groups have only been behind about one in five of the free schools that have been opened.
29/05/2018 - 10:09
Local authorities are set to benefit from a £50million funding boost to create additional school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
29/05/2018 - 09:56
New analysis by the LGA has revealed that more than 22,000 children aged 10 and 11 in Year 6 are classed as severely obese.
24/05/2018 - 15:26
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced a new £1 million fund to help some of London’s most polluted primary schools fight poor air quality.
24/05/2018 - 09:28
The LGA has strongly urged the government to take control of ‘faltering’ academy finances or be prepared to let councils oversee them.
21/05/2018 - 10:35
Living Streets has set out 21 recommendations to enable more children to walk to and from school and fight air pollution.
17/05/2018 - 11:01
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found problems in the way North Tyneside Council was paying support to special guardians.
14/05/2018 - 10:28
The National Deaf Children’s Society has warned that more than a third of councils are cutting educational support for deaf children.
08/05/2018 - 10:24
The government has announced that ten projects across England that support disadvantaged children and young people will receive over £28 million.
04/05/2018 - 11:29
Operating a single ‘trigger’ point to indicate when struggling schools require intervention would help to create a more simple education system.
01/05/2018 - 12:36
The Welsh Local Government Association has warned that children's services in Wales are nearly ‘at crisis point’.
30/04/2018 - 11:47
Leicestershire County Council has confirmed that up to 14 libraries in the region will be converted to ‘Smart Libraries’.
30/04/2018 - 10:26
An £8.5 million programme has opened for local authorities to fund projects to improve early language and literacy development for disadvantaged children.
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