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• DCSF publishes 2007 parents' childcare survey
  Date: 05/06/08
• Government responds to second ISA consultation
  Date: 05/06/08
• Apprentice star welcomes new Diploma as launch day nears
  Date: 22/05/08
• Revised EYFS documents published
  Date: 19/05/08
• 35m pound childcare boost for parents with disabled children
  Date: 16/05/08
• Transforming the lives of disabled children
  Date: 16/05/08
• Legislative programme promises to spread excellence in education and improve services for all children
  Date: 14/05/08
• Ministers meet key players across London to tackle child poverty
  Date: 14/05/08
• Early years specialist gets OBE
  Date: 07/05/08
• Single mum, who knows the price of not having a smoke alarm, supports the Fire Kills campaign
  Date: 18/04/08
• National Breastfeeding Awareness Week, 11 - 17 May 2008
  Date: 15/04/08
• CAMHS Review launches national call for evidence
  Date: 14/04/08
• Early years programmes on Teachers TV
  Date: 10/04/08
• Working together to give children a route out of poverty
  Date: 09/04/08
• Next steps towards improving the emotional well-being and mental health of children and young people
  Date: 07/04/08
• Developing the children's workforce and Children's Trusts
  Date: 03/04/08
• Children's play investment increased and consultation announced
  Date: 03/04/08
• Review makes recommendations to ensure children's safety online
  Date: 27/03/08
• Improving the lives of Children in care
  Date: 26/03/08
• Parent Know How programme announced
  Date: 10/03/08
• Latest issue of Early Years now online
  Date: 06/03/08
• New legislation proposed to offer breaks to parents of disabled children
  Date: 06/03/08
• Impact of Sure Start local programmes on three-year olds
  Date: 04/03/08
• Independent living - choice and control for disabled people
  Date: 03/03/08
• Children's Centre Managers conference
  Date: 11/02/08
• Staying Safe Action Plan published
  Date: 05/02/08
• Plans for healthier living published
  Date: 25/01/08
• Take Your Dad to Nursery Day
  Date: 23/01/08
• Fire Safety in the Home
  Date: 22/01/08
• Healthy-eating and food-hygiene grants available
  Date: 16/01/08
• New legislation on infant formula and follow-on formula
  Date: 15/01/08
• Transforming short breaks for families with disabled children
  Date: 15/01/08
• New 'Think Family' Approach to Help Vulnerable Parents and Children
  Date: 14/01/08
• Free training for early years practitioners
  Date: 02/01/08
• Reducing health inequalities in infant mortality
  Date: 19/12/07
• Aiming High speech by Beverley Hughes
  Date: 12/12/07
• Short breaks for disabled children
  Date: 12/12/07
• Cash to provide positive activities for young people
  Date: 12/12/07
• Pilot scheme to help children with dyslexia
  Date: 12/12/07
• Children's Plan outlines world-class ambitions for all children
  Date: 11/12/07
• Help with home safety equipment
  Date: 05/12/07
• New statutory guidance on early years outcomes
  Date: 03/12/07
• Consultation on promoting mental wellbeing in primary schools
  Date: 26/11/07
• Speech about cyberbullying
  Date: 23/11/07
• Beverley Hughes speech at Oxford University
  Date: 23/11/07
• Extra funding for Early Years
  Date: 22/11/07
• Consultation on childcare Act 2006 fees and subsidies
  Date: 22/11/07
• Report - 'Children and Young People Today'
  Date: 19/11/07
• Children and Young Persons Bill 2007
  Date: 15/11/07
• Important clarification of the Early Years Foundation Stage
  Date: 15/11/07
• Every Parent Matters - the importance of engagement
  Date: 13/11/07
• Cash boost for early years
  Date: 07/11/07
• Speech about sharing knowledge and expertise
  Date: 01/11/07
• New team to tackle UK child poverty
  Date: 31/10/07
• Toy libraries celebrate 40 years
  Date: 30/10/07
• Ed Balls webchat on 1 November 2007
  Date: 26/10/07
• Last chance to contribute to Staying Safe consultation
  Date: 26/10/07
• Review of section 58 published
  Date: 26/10/07
• Help children have their say about the internet and video games
  Date: 24/10/07
• First annual report from the new Ofsted
  Date: 23/10/07
• Boost for children with special educational needs
  Date: 17/10/07
• Prime Minister calls for action on childhood obesity
  Date: 16/10/07
• Views sought on speech, language and communication provision
  Date: 16/10/07
• Children's Centre in every community by 2010
  Date: 15/10/07
• Increased child maintenance to lift 50,000 children out of poverty
  Date: 14/10/07
• Improvement in early years development but more can be done
  Date: 14/10/07
• Short breaks for disabled children
  Date: 10/10/07
• New investment announced in Comprehensive Spending Review
  Date: 09/10/07
• Byron Review: Call for evidence
  Date: 09/10/07
• No Place for Bullies
  Date: 26/09/07
• A healthy start with Teachers TV
  Date: 24/09/07
• Ofsted shares best practice findings
  Date: 02/09/07
• Revised local authority level allocations for the Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare Grant
  Date: 30/08/07
• Government exceeds extended schools target
  Date: 28/08/07
• Government funding boost for Sure Start, early years and childcare
  Date: 02/08/07
• Strategy launched to improve outcomes for teenage parents
  Date: 23/07/07
• Children's centre business planning guidance launched
  Date: 13/07/07
• Securing sufficient childcare guidance published
  Date: 13/07/07
• Statement on the Foundation Stage curriculum
  Date: 13/07/07
• Infection control guidance published - TeacherNet website
  Date: 11/07/07
• Guidance on delivering health services through children's centres - Department of Health website
  Date: 05/07/07
• Changes in government
  Date: 28/06/07
• Phonics resource pack launched
  Date: 28/06/07
• Report published on parents as partners in early learning
  Date: 27/06/07
• Resource published on getting more from the arts in early education - Arts Council website
  Date: 18/06/07
• Children's centres and extended schools show runs this month
  Date: 18/06/07
• June celebrations
  Date: 04/06/07
• New governance guidance for children's centres and extended schools - TeacherNet website
  Date: 21/05/07
• Government response to early years targets consultation published
  Date: 15/05/07
• Consultation launched on community cohesion
  Date: 09/05/07
• Healthy Start vouchers now available
  Date: 01/05/07
• Sure Start Children's Centres pass the million mark
  Date: 11/04/07
• Encouraging parents to use childcare
  Date: 10/04/07
• New framework for early years providers
  Date: 03/04/07
• It's no laughing matter
  Date: 08/03/07
• Childcare Sufficiency Assessments guidance
  Date: 19/02/07
• Children's Centres make childminders part of the Sure Start family
  Date: 13/02/07
• Helping Young Families achieve their 5 a day
  Date: 25/01/07
• Together for Children toolkit launched
  Date: 12/01/07
• Ground breaking awards in Children's services
  Date: 18/12/06
• Free reading packs and toolkits
  Date: 11/12/06
• Revised Sure Start Children's Centres Practice Guidance
  Date: 01/12/06
• New Planning and Performance Management Guidance for Sure Start Children's Centres
  Date: 30/11/06
• Governance and Management discussion paper
  Date: 13/11/06
• Get ready for Child Trust Fund Week
  Date: 07/11/06
• New guide shows how extended schools benefit health services
  Date: 07/11/06
• Early Years Foundation Stage: Consultation response
  Date: 26/10/06
• Together for Children: Partnership announced
  Date: 19/10/06
• Guardian hotseat: Children's Minister online on Thursday 12 October
  Date: 10/10/06
• Sure Start reaches 800,000 children
  Date: 05/10/06
• Early years outcomes targets for local authorities: Consultation launched
  Date: 22/09/06
• Big Lottery Fund Family Learning programme opens
  Date: 21/09/06
• Early learning & technology
  Date: 20/09/06
• Extended schools target exceeded
  Date: 19/09/06
• Adult learning and extended services: New report
  Date: 15/09/06
• Childcare sufficiency assessments: Consultation launched
  Date: 14/08/06
• Capital buildings & facilities section updated
  Date: 08/08/06
• OCC publishes first annual report
  Date: 24/07/06
• Childcare Bill becomes law
  Date: 12/07/06
• Guidance launched on planning for a flu pandemic
  Date: 10/07/06
• EYFS Consultation
  Date: 10/07/06
• ITV's Great Parenting Experiment
  Date: 05/07/06
• Literary Long Weekend, 23 to 25 June 2006
  Date: 22/06/06
• Extended schools: New guide published
  Date: 13/06/06
• Latest Looking for Childcare? booklet available
  Date: 02/06/06
• More Choice for Parents Audio
  Date: 02/06/06
• Partners in Excellence Awards 2006
  Date: 02/06/06
• Early Support announces training programme
  Date: 19/05/06
• Early Support Training: Invitation to Tender
  Date: 10/05/06
• Sure Start branding guidelines
  Date: 28/04/06
• Update on Impact Assessments
  Date: 28/04/06
• Kelly launches action plan for the 10 year childcare strategy
  Date: 05/04/06
• National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership
  Date: 28/03/06
• Contact a Family - for families with disabled children
  Date: 24/03/06
• Final report of the Rose Review published 20/03/2006
  Date: 21/03/06
• More choice for childcare - new parents information leaflet
  Date: 09/03/06
• New extended schools guidance for school governors
  Date: 06/03/06
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill published (01/03/2006)
  Date: 01/03/06
• Empowering Parents Conference
  Date: 28/02/06
• Transformation Fund (13/02/2006)
  Date: 22/02/06
• Ruth Kelly (19/01/06) - Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups
  Date: 19/01/06
• The Early Years Foundation Stage - Direction of Travel Paper
  Date: 13/12/05
• NESS Reports
  Date: 30/11/05
• Next steps for continued success of Sure Start
  Date: 30/11/05
• Early Intervention Conference
  Date: 15/11/05
• Partners in Excellence Finalists Announced
  Date: 15/11/05
• Childcare Bill is Launched (08/11/05)
  Date: 31/10/05
• Schools White Paper Published
  Date: 28/10/05
• Flu Immunisation Campaign
  Date: 05/10/05
• Extended Schools Research Reports Out Now
  Date: 29/09/05
• After School Club Blog
  Date: 29/09/05
• New Inclusion Resource
  Date: 25/08/05
• DfES Update for Local Authorities
  Date: 15/08/05
• Children Act Guidance Now Out
  Date: 02/08/05
• Choice for Student Parents
  Date: 28/07/05
• Free Books for Babies and Toddlers
  Date: 27/07/05
• Children's Centre Guidance
  Date: 22/07/05
• Youth Matters:Green Paper finally gets green light
  Date: 19/07/05
• Real Childcare Choice Offered To All Parents
  Date: 18/07/05
• Your child's move to secondary school - hotseat
  Date: 18/07/05
• Childcare Legislation Consultation
  Date: 15/07/05
• Information to Parents: Parentline Plus
  Date: 11/07/05
• Ruth Kelly celebrates National Sure Start Month success
  Date: 05/07/05
• Consultation on the Code of Practice on the provision of free early education places for three and four year olds
  Date: 20/06/05
• The Queen's Birthday Honours
  Date: 13/06/05
• Find out about Extended Schools
  Date: 13/06/05
• ParentsCentre hosts live chat with Professor Raj Persaud at 3pm on 13/06/05
  Date: 07/06/05
• Consultation on National Professional Qualification for Integrated Centre Leaders
  Date: 03/06/05
• Guidance on managing medicines
  Date: 25/05/05
• New Ministerial Team at Department for Education and Skills
  Date: 11/05/05
• Launch of Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People
  Date: 12/04/05
• 10 Year Strategy for childcare
  Date: 08/04/05
• Cash to help pay for Nannies
  Date: 08/04/05
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