New careers education strategy fit for the 21st Century
A radical change in careers information, advice and guidance (IAG) has been unveiled today at a launch attended by Children, Schools and Families Secretary Ed Balls, Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of...
View ArticleChildren's Minister: New online resources for up to 5 million mums, dads,...
Dawn Primarolo, Minister for Children, Young People and Families, today announced three new pilot projects to help up to five million mums, dads, carers and grandparents get important parenting...
View ArticleNew Child Poverty Family Intervention Projects to support vulnerable children
Children's Minister, Dawn Primarolo announces 20 areas to deliver the new £6.5m projects.
View ArticleAll young people to learn Personal Social Health and Economic (PSHE) education
Secretary of State, Ed Balls announces that all PSHE education will be made compulsory in schools from September 2011.
View ArticleContactPoint to start national rollout
Secretary of State, Ed Balls and Children's Minister, Delyth Morgan confirm ContactPoint is to be faster and better contact between children's services professionals across England.
View ArticleMore help for teachers to organise school trips
Schools Minister, Diana Johnson launches consultation on simple and straightforward guidance.
View ArticleDawn Primarolo: Both parents to have the right to register their child's birth
Children's Minister, Dawn Primarolo launches a consultation on new rules aimed at ensuring that wherever possible births are registered by both parents.
View ArticleMinister calls on local authorities and health trusts to reduce Teenage...
Children's Minister, Dawn Primarolo calls on local authorities and health trusts to to continue to prioritise the Government's successful teenage pregnancy strategy.
View ArticleSmarter and stronger sentences for youth crime
Ed Balls and Jack Straw announce new, smarter punishments, that will further tackle the underlying causes of youth crime.
View ArticleNew drugs and alcohol guidance for schools
Schools Minister, Diana Johnson launches a consultation on new guidance for schools to ensure that teachers, parents and the Government are working together.
View ArticleGovernment listens to grandparents' opinions
Grandparents and their representative organisations to attend a cross-Government summit to explore the changing role of grandparents in society.
View ArticleAll care leavers guaranteed further training and access to work
Secretary of State, Ed Balls promises all children and young people in care the same opportunities as every child.
View ArticleMajor reform to curriculum at the heart of a renewed push to drive up standards
Teachers welcome more flexibility in the primary curriculum
View ArticleChildren, School and Families Bill proposes more powers to parents
Guarantees for parents and pupils, strengthened home school agreements and new parental powers to demand 1-2-1 tuition.
View ArticleChildren's Minister launches action plan to address children's rights
Children's Minister Delyth Morgan launches long term vision for promoting children's rights and improving outcomes for young people, making them a priority for the Government.
View ArticleBlack Country Challenge Children make transatlantic connection from American...
Black Country Challenge pupils today connected by video from the American Embassy in London to partner American schools at the British Embassy in Washington DC.
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