Katy Morton

The figures reveal that over a third of local authority areas have seen a reduction in children's centres of 50 per cent or more

News 31 January 2020

New Government figures reveal true scale of children's centre closures

Cuts to Sure Start Children's Centres

According to the 2020 Childwise Monitor report, phone ownership among children has risen

News 30 January 2020

Around half of five- to 10-year-olds own a mobile phone

Families

Anne Longfield, children's commissioner for England

News 30 January 2020

Mental health services failing children, children's commissioner warns

Mental Health & Well-Being

News 29 January 2020

Wales votes to ban smacking

Policy & Politics

Holly Lynch, Labour MP for Halifax, has launched the Early Day Motion, calling for children's needs to be put at the centre of any changes to the Mental Health Act

News 29 January 2020

MPs urge Government to put children's needs at the heart of new mental health legislation

Mental Health & Well-Being

Children in the study ran or walked a daily mile for a year

News 28 January 2020

Primary schools urged to jog a Daily Mile to fight obesity

Child Obesity

News 28 January 2020

Practitioners' views sought on SEND funding

Funding

From September, all Reception pupils will be subject to the baseline assessment

News 23 January 2020

Majority of parents concerned about primary school testing

Reception Baseline

Jack Herd, who drowned at 23 weeks. Jack's mother Lucy campaigned for the new law in his memory - Photo from Lucy Herd @jacks_rainbow

News 23 January 2020

Bereaved parents will be entitled to two weeks' paid leave

Families

News 15 January 2020

Millions of pounds of unspent early years funding used to plug council deficits

Funding

The 2020 Modern Families Index reveals a culture of parents working into the evenings, including checking e-mails

News 13 January 2020

Parents under greater pressure to work in the evenings

Health

One proposal being considered by the council is to close two maintained nurseries

News 9 January 2020

Maintained nurseries in Camden at risk of closure

Provision

Thousands more children are expected to benefit from the additional funding for breakfast clubs

News 7 January 2020

Government extends breakfast club programme until 2021

Closing the Gap

The Troubled Families programme will now run up to 2021

News 6 January 2020

Troubled Families granted funding extension until 2021

Families

The DfE survey found that fewer parents in deprived areas use formal childcare

News 3 January 2020

Parents in deprived areas less likely to use funded childcare

Provision

Children's minister Maree Todd on a previous visit to a nursery in Scotland

News 3 January 2020

Scottish government says childcare expansion on track, despite some delays

Provision

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