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.
06/03/2017 - 10:58
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced that vocational and technical education in England will receive an extra £500 million per year in a bid to train more skilled workers and boost the economy.
28/02/2017 - 09:36
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has announced it has begun work on a refreshed Internet Safety Strategy, which aims to ensure the UK becomes the safest place in the world for you people to go online.
24/02/2017 - 09:45
Only seven per cent of the British public have been inspired by the Olympic games to take up sport, according to a new YouGov survey.
22/02/2017 - 11:19
A new report commissioned by the Council for Disabled Children and published by the National Children's Bureau, has highlighted that the number of disabled children with complex needs has increased dramatically, and warned that affected families were finding it difficult to access local authority support.
21/02/2017 - 09:45
Four libraries in Liverpool are facing closure as a result of cuts, meaning the city will have lost over half of its libraries in the last two years.
15/02/2017 - 09:43
The LGA has claimed that extending compulsory sex and relationship education in academies could reduce the diagnosis of STIs.
14/02/2017 - 10:52
The Education Select Committee has published a report outlining that the government has not made an adequate case for opening a new wave of grammar schools, including its claim that the schools could further social mobility.
13/02/2017 - 10:51
The NSPCC has reported a 16 per cent rise in reports to its helpline concerning substance abuse near children.
10/02/2017 - 10:28
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the government to remove the barriers currently refraining councils from helping underperforming schools, including taking on the running of failing academies.
09/02/2017 - 10:04
The government has published its first annual progress report on its sport strategy, aiming to create a more active nation.
06/02/2017 - 10:37
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the government to grant councils powers to direct academy schools to take in ‘hard to place' students, including those excluded from other schools.
03/02/2017 - 11:00
Children’s charity Barnardo’s has revealed a rise of 78 per cent in recorded reports of child-on-child sex offences in England and Wales.
01/02/2017 - 17:04
Libraries Minister Rob Wilson has told the new APPG for Libraries that local authorities will face government action if they cannot justify library cuts.
01/02/2017 - 11:34
New analysis by the IFS has found that the government’s apprenticeship target for the public sector will not deliver value for money.
31/01/2017 - 11:21
A report by the Fostering Network has warned that the UK’s fostering system is under ‘unsustainable strain’, and is only being held together by the ‘goodwill and commitment’ of foster carers.
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