Observer 21/03/10
When Labour launched its campaign to “save” Sure Start children’s centres from Tory spending cuts last week, it thrust the nappy vote into the centre of British politics. There can be no better way of winning over the
Daily Mail 20/03/10
Just last week Schools Secretary Ed Balls defended Sure Start, claiming that the
Conservatives planned to slash £200million from the service, and declared that the scheme meant that ‘every parent
Telegraph 16/03/10
A Government-backed report recommended issuing new nutritional standards to stop under-fives being given fatty and salty lunches.
Telegraph 13/03/10
When Paul and Jess Thompson first dreamt up the idea for their swim school for babies, they thought it would add a nice little extra string to their bow.
Times 16/03/10
Sticking it to middle-class mums is the easy option for cash-strapped politicians, but it won’t balance the books
BBC News 16/03/10
Concerns about the quality of food given to thousands of toddlers in England’s nurseries have been raised in a government-commissioned report.
Times 15/3/10
Kids don’t have to wrestle with multiplication. The answers are at their fingertips
Independent 12/03/10
Richard Garner meets the head who went back 100 years to solve a modern problem
BBC News 08/03/10
High-quality childcare helps identify the needs of vulnerable children early on, according to a new report.
Guardian 25/02/10
More than one in 10 children begin primary school unable to learn and unwilling to build relationships with their peers, a “disengaged generation waiting in the wings”, said the thinktank Demos today in a report.