Children's financial education should begin in primary school, most teachers believe.More than three in four teachers say the majority of pupils leave school without the key financial skills needed for life, a survey showed.An overwhelming majority of teachers in the UK think children should be taug...
The government has moved ahead with a pledge to ban mobile phones in schools.The Department for Education has today published guidance which will ensure consistency in classrooms across England.Last year, at the Tory Party conference in October, education secretary Gillian Keegan pledged to bring fo...
A 1,000 cash incentive and a campaign to raise the profile of childcare workers in England are part of government plans to recruit more staff.Thousands of extra nursery workers and childminders are needed, as the expansion of funded hours begins.More than 100,000 working parents of two-year olds hav...
Education Minister Paul Givan has said: Up to 400million may be needed to deliver the early year project for Northern Ireland. This statement came during Assembly Members Debate on Unaffordable Childcare costs in Norther Ireland.Mr Givan has given the assurance that he would be coming up with an ini...
Parents of young children could see their nursery costs reduced by about 40 pounds a week under new government plans.The education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, is expected to announce this week that rules around the number of children each adult can look after will be relaxed.It comes after the Trades ...
The DfE confirmed to NDNA in a meeting yesterday that they would be adding an additional 120 million approximately to the overall funding allocation for the under twos entitlement from September 2024.This additional money was because some local authorities would be funding 26 weeks for the autumn 20...
MPs have published a report urging the Department for Education (DfE) and Ofsted to develop an alternative to the single-world school judgment 'as a priority'The committee has recommended that overall judgments such as outstanding and inadequate are replaced with an alternative that better captures ...
The Prime Minister has pledged to offer working parents of two-year-olds 15 hours of care a week from April while working families with children up to the age of four will eventually receive 30 hours of free childcare a week.However, the plans have come under criticism this week following report...
Students who may be struggling with study-related costs, such as books and childcare fees, can now apply for up to £2.5 million over 3 years in targeted bursary funding to help them access new 'short courses'.22 universities and colleges across England will offer more than 100 short cou...
The NHS specialist services for giving children support with mental health illness is a third. This number is starling and unbelievable. Adults are getting more support from specialists than children an expert says. Before the end of this parliament, Lord Layard children's wellbeing expert...