Education

Children & Young People

UN chief unveils $1.5 billion initiative to achieve universal education
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced that he has secured $1.5 billion in commitments for a new...
Oxfordshire set to get reading
The Oxfordshire Reading Campaign has launched today to improve the standards of reading amongst primary age children in the local...

Party Conference: £100m to support new nursery places
The Coalition Government will inject £100m capital funding to support the delivery of new nursery and child minder...
Sainsbury’s pledges to inspire next generation
Sainsbury's has launched an inclusive PE training programme for teachers which aims to ensure disabled children can take part in...

Condemnation for the Coalition's attack on the aspiration of our children
The NASUWT, the largest teachers' union, has today warned that the Coalition Government's austerity...
Scooting only exercise 40% of primary school children get
A survey by www.micro-scooters.co.uk has found that, despite Olympic mania having swept through Britain, scooting is...

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