29 January 2010

New legislation on maternity and paternity leave

The Government has outlined plans to give parents more flexibility in how they use maternity and paternity leave.

Read more: http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/detail.aspx?NewsAreaId=2&Relea...

29 January 2010

Launch of the Family Information Directory

A new national directory of childcare and family service providers has been launched - the Family Information Directory.

Read more: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_184541

28 January 2010

Divorce statistics for 2008

The Office for National Statistics has published the divorce figures for 2008. The number of divorces fell by 5% in 2008 to 121,779.

Read more: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/div0110.pdf

27 January 2010

British Social Attitudes survey published

The 26th report of the British Social Attitudes survey has been published. Findings include 45%  agree that it 'makes no difference to children whether their parents are married to each other or just living together', up from 38% in 1998.

Read more: http://www.natcen.ac.uk/pzMedia/uploads/EntityFieldFile/cf80...

27 January 2010

The Children's Society publishes statistics on family conflict

The Children's Society has published research on family conflict. Findings included that young people who felt that their family got along well together had much higher than average levels of well-being than those who did not, irrespective of family structure.

Read more: http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/whats_happening/media_off...

22 January 2010

Conservative Party publishes family section of draft manifesto

The Conservative Party has published the family section of their draft manifesto.

Read more: http://www.conservatives.com/News/News_stories/2010/01/Plans...

20 January 2010

DCSF publishes Green Paper on Families and Relationships

The Department for Education and Skills has published Support for all: the families and relationships Green Paper.

Read more: http://publications.dcsf.gov.uk/default.aspx?PageFunction=pr...

20 January 2010

Centre for Social Justice publishes Green Paper on the family

The Centre for Social Justice has published a Green Paper on the Family.

Read more: http://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/default.asp?pageRef...

11 January 2010

Figures show schools managing budgets better

New figures have shown that school surplus balances have fallen for the first time since 2002/03 to £1.9 billion. Schools Minister, Vernon Coaker stated the majority of schools are managing their budgets well and that the number of schools with excess surplus balances has fallen to its lowest level in these ten years to just over 7,000 schools.

Read more: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/news/content.cfm?landing=vernon_coake...

11 January 2010

Free laptops and broadband for 270,000 families

The Prime Minister and Ed Balls has announced a ground-breaking scheme to give 270,000 low income families a free computer and free broadband access, under a major drive to close the digital and educational divide between the rich and poor and help parents keep in touch with their child's progress.

Read more: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2010_0011

11 January 2010

Children missing out on maintenance

According to a new survey, children could be missing out asmany parents don’t know how to arrange child maintenance after separation. In a poll carried out on 900 parents who were separated and who have children aged 18 or below, 93% believe they as parents still have a financial responsibility to their kids even if they don’t live with them.

Read more: http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/detail.aspx?NewsAreaId=2&Relea...

07 January 2010

Government publishes response to independent review of CAMHS

The Government has published a full response to the 20 recommendations put forward in the 2009 independent review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

Read more: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2010_0009

07 January 2010

Schools Secretary announces children to learn about money matters

Schools Secretary Ed Balls and money expert Martin Lewis have stressed the importance of children being able to learn about money matters at school, as part of the new compulsory PSHE curriculum, all pupils from the age of 5 to 16 will be taught about handling money, savings and the financial skills they need as adults.

Read more: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2010_0005

05 January 2010

Government announces extra help with childcare for disabled children

Ed Balls and Dawn Primarolo have announced that parents with disabled children will receive extra support in helping with child care, following a cash boost of £12.5 million from the government.

Read more: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/news/content.cfm?landing=125_million_...

05 January 2010

New 3 RS guarantee and support for pupils falling behind in school

Gordon Brown and Ed Balls have announced a new guarantee for pupils in Key Stage 1. This guarantee which is due to come into effect September 2011, reports that if a 6-7 years old child is falling behind in their studies, the school will alert the parents and advise them on what they could do to help and if they school could provide any further additional help.

Read more: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/news-and-communicat...

05 January 2010

Children's Minister lanuches consultation on birth registration

The children’s Minister Dawn Primarolo has launched a consultation on new agreements designed to ensure that wherever possible to register both parents on birth certificates.

Read more: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2009_0211

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