ParentsCentre - helping you to help your child
Information and support for parents on how to help with your child's learning, including advice on choosing a school and finding childcare.
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Current features
| Baby P report Ofsted have published the findings of its review following the death of Baby P in Haringey. The report examines the circumstances of the baby’s death and the role of each of the services involved with the family. |
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| All teenagers to stay in education or training until 18 Teenagers will continue in education or training until the age of 18 as part of a new law passed this week. The new Education and Skills Act will raise the education leaving age to 17 in 2013 and to 18 from 2015. |
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| Independent report on children’s TV viewing launched Despite some negativity often associated with children’s TV today, new research suggests that 8 out of 10 parents believe television has a positive effect on their child’s development. |
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| Parents invited to tell their local schools what is needed in their area Children’s Minister Beverley Hughes today called on parents across the country to demand more out of hours activities at their local schools. |
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| From Bump to Breastfeeding A new, free DVD has been launched to help all pregnant women across the UK with information and advice about breastfeeding. |
Schools finder
An improved search tool for finding and researching schools, childcare and nurseries has been launched.
The new service - which now also provides Ofsted reports, maps and achievement tables - will soon be fully available on ParentsCentre. In the meantime, you can find it on the Parents section of Directgov. As this is an external website, the link below will open in a new window which you will need to close to return to ParentsCentre.
Search for schools, childcare and nurseries
