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.
15/07/2021 - 10:55
Labour has warned that nearly two million children will leave school without any catch-up support over the next four years.
15/07/2021 - 10:06
Council spending on crucial services that help stop children reaching crisis point has almost halved over the last decade.
13/07/2021 - 10:23
Labour has warned that children could miss out on over 24 million meals this summer because the government has not fully extended free school meals.
12/07/2021 - 10:08
The government’s Rediscover Summer campaign has launched to help inspire families to get out and about safely and make the most out of summer.
09/07/2021 - 15:44
Thousands of children in disadvantaged areas in England will be offered nutritious breakfasts in the next two academic years.
09/07/2021 - 11:52
Pupils in participating schools are set to benefit from more support in maths and English, as part of a £10 million scheme.
08/07/2021 - 11:55
Nick Gibb has said that school funding will be made simpler, fairer and more transport as a result of government efforts to ‘level up’
07/07/2021 - 09:37
The Local Government Association has stressed that children and young people need to be at the heart of the national recovery.
02/07/2021 - 14:23
The NAO has found that a new national funding formula has contributed to a shift in the balance of funding from more deprived schools to less deprived schools.
01/07/2021 - 11:57
More than twice as many childcare places have been lost during the winter lockdowns than in the first six months of the pandemic.
30/06/2021 - 07:10
England’s largest councils have called for urgent action in this year’s Spending Review to address a spiralling deficit in special educational needs services.
29/06/2021 - 10:47
The government is asking teachers and school leaders for views on managing good behaviour, including on the use of mobile phones in the school day.
29/06/2021 - 09:37
Adoption UK is warning of a mental health emergency amongst some of the UK’s most vulnerable children.
28/06/2021 - 11:47
The Youth Endowment Fund has launched a new Toolkit to help local authorities provide support to children at risk of involvement in violence.
25/06/2021 - 10:28
The number of children needing foster care in England is set to rise by almost a third by 2030, but councils have inadequate plans in place.
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