Fair Play for Children News — Health Wellbeing and Education

includes Early Years Child-Care and Disability issues

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Previous Stories to 20th February 2025

4th March 2025: 102 new stories worldwide inc 3 video

Bradford: Murderer worked in schools despite ban

Slough Borough Council to pay £6,500 after failing autistic child

Three Surrey schools to trial social media blackout scheme

Sector outraged by DfE advert claiming parents are to benefit from 'cheaper childcare' - Nursery…

Parents of under-fives may be exempted from UK's two-child benefit limit

Parents warned as deadline looms to secure free childcare hours

'Our finding that social care touches a quarter of children shows the need to tackle poverty'

The educational journeys of children in secure settings | Children's Commissioner for England

Growing places? An update on the childcare expansion capital grant - Information for childcare…

Auto-enrol eligible pupils for free school meals, say MPs

Arundel family hopeful of treatment for son's rare condition

Number of young people not in work or education hits 11-year high

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Batten disease: Mum fears daughter's rapid decline without drug

Gloucestershire's older children services improved, Ofsted finds

Church diocese threatens legal action over island school closures

Hale school will crumble without repairs, say teachers

Gene therapy experiment treats rare childhood blindness

Kids' disability rights cases stalled as Trump began to overhaul Education Department

Parents of Students with Disabilities: Don't Gut Federal Funding | NEA

Caring for Caregivers: The Crisis of Special Needs Parent Support

How GOP lawmaker, parent of child with disabilities see possible cuts to AZ caregiving program

State House, Senate bills aim to pay parental caregivers of developmentally disabled children

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Free breakfast club roll out: everything you need to know

The "success story" of Tory education reform is a mirage

School breakfast clubs in England 'will be used to justify keeping the two-child benefits cap'

Ministers urged to add audiobooks to England's new schools curriculum

Cousin marriage: The new evidence about children's ill health

Children in deprived areas are most at risk of avoidable poisoning by medicines

Timetable for Isle of Man health visitor baby reviews changed

Constipation can leave children mentally scarred for life | Letters

West Northamptonshire Council to pay £6k after education failures

School set to be demolished and rebuilt

Attainment gap widens in Scottish schools

Bacup school concerned about 'unviable' breakfast club scheme

Mass polio vaccination campaign to continue in the Gaza Strip

World Health Day 2025 to spotlight women and babies' survival, urging solidarity at a critical…

WHO Launches New Cancer Drug Plan for Children

Somalia launches a campaign to vaccinate 2.5 million children against polio

WHO and UNICEF welcome first delivery of essential childhood cancer medicines to Nepal under Global…

WHO initiative provides free cancer drugs to African children

Many children in Europe still die unnecessarily before age of five: WHO report

Strengthening Health Promoting Schools in the Western Pacific Region

WHO says 92% of targeted children under polio campaign vaccinated

New children's book promotes the value of all languages

VIDEO: Hawaiian language children's book joins global collection

Anti-library bills seek to stifle thought, not protect children

Jordan launches national framework for inclusion, diversity in education with UNESCO

Overcoming Adversity to Serve Young Children and Their Families | College of Education and Social…

COMMENTARY: Our failure in teaching early math shortchanges children for life

Early years reform to cut costs and deliver on Plan for Change

Addressing children's skills gaps early on key to meeting future workforce needs, finds study …

Children First expands early education mission with $900,000 Barancik Foundation grant

EARLY YEARS: Mom and nutrition expert creates Kizingo Kids website to encourage healthy eating

Early Childhood Education 2025

Summit on Children marks 10 years with a focus on early learning initiatives

Hundreds of thousands of parents can now access 15 hours funded childcare for 9-month-olds - how to…

Parents must not pay mandatory extra charges to access free childcare, government says

Economic inactivity: Childcare costs are forcing people out of work

Researchers call for free preschool for working Universal Credit claimants

Universal Credit childcare element statistics, March 2021 to November 2024

The Monster at Night: a poem about the struggles of a disabled child

A developmental disability diagnosis can hit hard - but it isn't a knockout

'What am I going to do?': Parents of special needs kids 'feel hopeless' as wait times for help grow

The inspiring story of a family with a child with cerebral palsy - Exaudi

Don't forget, Down syndrome children can do great things

'We've been trying so hard': Family turns to NBC6 after months of waiting for benefits

Parents of non-verbal Inverness girl 'kept in the dark' by Highland Council over incident that saw…

Wolverhampton primary school's 'calmer' following pupil training

Advancing Kentucky Together: Scottie Day's commitment to children's health

Primary-age child constipation rates up 60% in England

UK to probe health impact of vaping on children as young as eight

NHS England " NHS rolls out life-changing treatment offering 'new hope' for hundreds of children…

Latest data shows a child born in the UK today is expected to live almost 6 years less than…

LV= report - parents concern for children's wellbeing increases

Progress on waiting times glosses over children's health services

Early years reform to cut costs and deliver on Plan for Change

Multiple disease outbreaks heighten public health emergencies for children across Eastern and…

More than half of councils that support children with SEND warn of potential insolvency if…

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Navigating tough decisions in childhood cancer care

Welsh Government announces £30mn boost for funded childcare - CYP Now

'Groundbreaking' case paves legal aid path for pupil exclusion appeals - CYP Now

Senate Health Committee recommends eliminating school-age vaccine requirements

US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam

Sisk wins £300m Great Ormond Street Hospital build

WA Legislature weighs paying parents who care for children with disabilities

Children and young people in East Jerusalem denied of their right to education in UNRWA schools

Hope for children with severe form of epilepsy as NHS rolls out new drug | The Independent

UK Government to Enforce New Childcare Funding Rules to Reduce Costs for Working Parents

Enhancing children’s numeracy and executive functions via their explicit integration — Nature

Understanding the Basics of Child Care in the United States — Center for American Progress

New UNESCO guidance calls for multilingual education to unlock learning and inclusion

Europe health report flags concerns about child wellbeing — Nursing Times

‘Crisis of school absenteeism’ affecting poorer pupils the most, new data suggests

Senate advances bill to ban use of corporal punishment on disabled Oklahoma school children

Republican lawmaker says Bible allows people to hit disabled children — The Independent