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Analysis: At-a-glance guide - The Children's Plan

19 December 2007, Nursery World

The Government last week launched a raft of new goals and commitments covering children from infancy to adulthood. Ruth Thomson outlines the points in an ambitious agenda for the next...

Analysis: Early Years Education - 'Join our anti-EYFS campaign'

13 December 2007, Nursery World

Members of the Open Eye core steering group Margaret Edgington, Richard House and Lynne Oldfield explain why they want the Government to pull back from the EYFS before its imminent...

Analysis: Social work - Social pedagogy: fad or the future?

12 December 2007, Children & Young People Now

The government plans to fund pilot programmes next year that will evaluate the effectiveness of European-style social pedagogy in residential care.

Analysis: Education - Countdown to the skills revolution

12 December 2007, Children & Young People Now

The Education and Skills Bill is due a second reading in Parliament next year.

Analysis: Community Cohesion - Break down religious barriers

5 December 2007, Children & Young People Now

Religious extremism and racism can be thwarted if children and young people from different communities are encouraged to mix, a study for the London Borough of Hounslow has suggested. Tristan...

Analysis: Health - Maternity services feeling the pinch

5 December 2007, Children & Young People Now

Within three years the NHS has turned a deficit of more than £500m into a potential £1.8bn surplus. But maternity, neonatal and children's health services are still suffering. Cathy Wallace...

Analysis: Children's rights - Stark disparities on children's rights

28 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

Reports published by two children's charities show that while Wales is making sound progress on children's rights policy, England is failing to achieve recommendations set out by the UN Convention...

Analysis: Budgets - Critics spot gaps in funding plans

28 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

Spending proposals have been announced by the Welsh and Scottish governments, with a raft of pledges to improve services for children and young people. But, as Joe Lepper reports, some...

Analysis: The need for community play

26 November 2007, Nursery World

Children ought to be seen and heard playing in public places, an expert study urges. Play sector figures talk to Mary Evans about the implications for society.

Analysis: The way forward?

22 November 2007, Nursery World

To improve the quality of early years care and education, the New Zealand government is starting with an ambitious plan to raise the qualifications of the workforce. Annette Rawstrone hears...