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‘Don’t let pupils paddle without risk assessment’

06.11.09
Children must never be allowed to go paddling on school trips unless teachers have conducted a thorough risk assessment first, the Government said today... more

Compulsory sex and drugs classes aged five

05.11.09
NEW: All children will be forced to take sex and drugs education at school under reforms announced today... more

School lessons to tackle domestic violence

05.08.09
Schoolchildren could be taught about wife-beating, it was revealed... more

All children to start school at age four in primary reforms

30.04.09
All children will be expected to start primary school at the age of four under reforms ... more

5,000 fail to get into a London state school

03.03.09
Nearly 5,000 children in London were told that they have no place at a state secondary school for September... more

Schools play safe by barring younger pupils

04.02.09
Thousands of children were given a third day off lessons as schools shut again because playgrounds were judged to be too icy... more

Boroughs blame icy playgrounds for school closures

02.02.09
More than 500,000 London schoolchildren were given the day off - delighting them but angering many parents who were left with childcare problems... more

'Don't give children alcohol in the home until they reach 15'

29.01.09
Ministers have warned parents not to give young teenagers alcohol at home in an attempt to tackle high consumption among children... more

Suburbs suffer with London's worst child drinking problems

29.01.09
Children from the suburbs have the worst alcohol problems in London, new figures reveal... more

New database will put children at risk, say parents

26.01.09
Security fears have been raised over a government database listing the personal details of every child in the country... more

Middle-class parents 'put work before their children'

31.10.08
Middle-class family life is breaking down as pressurised parents choose work over time with their children, a government study has found... more

Tests in babbling as babies face a 'nappy curriculum'

01.09.08
A curriculum for nursery education which will see babies assessed on their "crying babbling and squealing" was condemned by parents' groups... more

Family childcare crisis as holiday clubs close

04.08.08
Parents face a struggle to keep their children occupied over the summer break after the closure of hundreds of holiday clubs... more

24,000 teachers in state schools are incompetent

02.05.08
As many as 24,000 incompetent teachers are working in state schools, the profession's watchdog admits... more

16 per cent rise in appeals by parents against school places

23.04.08
Popular state schools are coming under increasing pressure from desperate parents to admit their children... more

Schools facing flood of appeals as 5,000 lose out

05.03.08
Thousands of children in London are facing an agonising wait over Easter after being rejected by their chosen secondary schools... more

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