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.
02/04/2019 - 09:03
The government is reportedly consulting on plans to launch a new register of children in England who are being educated at home.
01/04/2019 - 08:23
Latest figures have shown that the public sector has failed to narrow its gender pay gap this year.
05/02/2019 - 10:23
The Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield is calling for a compulsory home education register after raising concerns about the increasing number of children who are being educated at home.
31/01/2019 - 14:42
Gloucestershire County Council’s budget for 2019/20 will see almost £11 million extra invested into children’s services.
28/01/2019 - 11:16
The Education Secretary reveals that extra financial incentives will be made available to encourage talented teachers to stay in the classroom.
28/01/2019 - 10:44
Spending on museums, galleries, libraries, and local arts support has been reduced by almost £400 million over the last eight years.
23/01/2019 - 14:46
More than 50 per cent of pupils in state-funded schools in England are now studying in an academy or free school.
23/01/2019 - 10:05
A new report has concluded that the Department for Education does not fully understand what is driving demand for children’s social care.
23/01/2019 - 09:13
MPs have warned over a succession of high-profile academy failures that have been costly to the taxpayer and damaging to children’s education.
22/01/2019 - 09:22
New analysis of cloud adoption across councils, public bodies, universities and emergency services reveals slow progress and hurdles to climb.
18/01/2019 - 12:59
An additional 160 staff are to be recruited by Liverpool City Council to cut the caseload of children’s social workers by up to half.
17/01/2019 - 11:53
A new report has highlighted how children are increasingly choosing to spend hours indoors and on screens instead of playing outside.
17/01/2019 - 10:33
An Ofsted inspection has judged children’s social care services in Birmingham as ‘requires improvement to be good’.
16/01/2019 - 11:07
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has criticised Norfolk County Council’s provision for children with SEN following two investigations.
16/01/2019 - 10:13
A proposed new inspection framework is seeking to rebalance the process to make sure that young people receive the best teaching possible.
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