BBC News | Health | 26 November 2015 One in 10 children was obese at the start primary school in England last year but one in five was obese by the end, according to the Health and Social Care Information Centre. Although...
Read MoreThe Early Life Working Group of the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy (SCPHRP) This literature review was conducted to provide practitioners, academics, policymakers and other interested stakeholders...
Read MoreInstitute of Wellbeing This exciting new e-learning course from the Institute of Wellbeing teaches practitioners the benefits of wellbeing, how to develop wellbeing in themselves, the children in their care and their parents,...
Read MoreThe Guardian | Stuart Dredge | 25 November 2015 The YouTube Kids app is supposed to make watching YouTube videos a more child-friendly experience, but two US campaigning groups claim that it is not filtering out promotional...
Read MoreHouse of Commons | 25th November 2015 Abstract: Childcare | 1.160 From 2019-20, the government will spend over £6 billion a year supporting parents with their childcare costs. This includes doubling the free...
Read MorePublic Health Ontario has produced an evidence briefing on promoting active play for children aged 0-12.
Read MoreBBC News | Branwen Jeffreys, Education Editor | 22 November 2015 Plans to redress differences in school funding across England are expected to be outlined in the Autumn Statement. Change will begin in 2017-18 after consultation...
Read MoreBBC News | Adam Brimelow | Health correspondent | 21 November 2015 Emergency doctors and safety campaigners have called for a national scheme to help prevent injuries to toddlers in their own homes. The Royal College of...
Read MoreQuartz | Jenny Anderson | 19 November 2015 Abstract | Researchers from the University of Quebec in Outaouais and the University of Montreal found that kids who participated in organized extracurricular sports...
Read MoreBBC News | Hannah Richardson | education reporter | 19 November 2015 Targets for the number of new trainee teachers in England have been missed for the third year running, prompting concerns of an intensified recruitment...
Read MoreNursery World | Opinion | 16-29 November 2015 Well – here we are again (‘More five-year-olds achieving a ‘good level of development’, 14 October, online). The EYFS Profile results for England have just...
Read MoreActive Design Guide provides essential guidance to help planners include sport when designing spaces In partnership with Public Health England, we have built upon the original Active Design (2007) objectives and produced...
Read Moreukactive’s Blueprint for an Active Britain calls for a single-minded focusing of resources, energy and policy to turn the tide of physical inactivity.
Read MoreBBC News | Sean Coughlan | Education | 10 November 2015 Ofsted is warning that pupils are being taught in “squalid” schools that are unregistered and unsupervised. But Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw says the...
Read MoreWhat is SEED? The Study of Early Education and Development (SEED) is a major new longitudinal study which will follow 8,000 two-year-olds from across England through to the end of KS1. It will find out how childcare and early...
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