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.
30/01/2018 - 09:56
Ofsted inspectors have reported that all services for children provided by Cumbria County Council have improved significantly.
29/01/2018 - 11:02
Ofsted has given Rotherham Council an overall ‘Good’ rating in its latest inspection, following on from its child sexual exploitation scandal.
24/01/2018 - 10:17
New figures have shown that there are now constituencies within the UK where more than half of children are growing up in poverty.
24/01/2018 - 09:45
Liverpool City Council could get early access to £6.5 million from the government’s Troubled Families initiative to support struggling families.
22/01/2018 - 09:57
An Ofsted report of Birmingham City Council’s children’s services has heralded ‘continued progress’ and improvement in the quality of social work.
22/01/2018 - 09:15
New analysis shows that approximately 1,000 children’s centres across England have not been inspected for over five years.
16/01/2018 - 10:34
Essex County Council’s budget proposals for 2018/19 include investment in the region’s roads, schools and homes.
12/01/2018 - 09:18
The LGA has revealed that there were 646,120 referrals to councils’ children’s services during 2016/17, equaling one referral every 49 seconds.
10/01/2018 - 11:12
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has confirmed that Newham, Wandsworth & Merton and Barnet will host the first of his Early Years Hubs.
10/01/2018 - 10:55
98 per cent of parents who have attended their local centre in Hertfordshire in the last 12 months were satisfied with the service provided.
21/12/2017 - 11:52
Ofsted inspectors have recognised significant improvements to children’s services in Manchester, ruling that some services are no longer ‘inadequate.’
21/12/2017 - 10:32
The amount of people visiting Worcestershire's libraries in 2016/17 are up by almost 60,000, showcasing positive trends against a poorer national average.
19/12/2017 - 12:17
One million children living in poverty in England will miss out on free school meals under new universal credit proposals.
15/12/2017 - 10:53
Schools across Cambridgeshire are collectively saving £600,000 per year as part of Cambridgeshire County Council’s energy generation programme.
11/12/2017 - 12:47
Local government funding squeeze is taking its toll on libraries with total expenditure on council-run libraries fell by £66 million.
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