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.
26/10/2018 - 11:00
The number of children supported through a child protection plan has undergone the biggest annual increase in four years.
26/10/2018 - 09:38
A landmark government scheme will see see leading businesses support care leavers to raise their career aspirations.
25/10/2018 - 10:29
Thousands of SEND children could lose daily support unless the government continues to provide extra funding for maintained nursery schools.
24/10/2018 - 09:45
A number of unions and children’s organisations have urged the government to prioritise children in the government's spending decisions.
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.
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