Around 45% of children in Austrian day nurseries have a first language other than German. Those who our experiencing difficulty in learning the second language are often diagnosed as having a ...

Children born in Finland into a family where one parent or both parents are of immigrant background are more likely to perform worse at school and suffer mental health problems, according to an ...

Children from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds have a prolonged wait for school places in Northern Ireland, new research has shown. A report from Queen’s University Belfast has found that ...

The family background of UK children still influences their educational achievements at primary school as much as it did nearly one hundred years ago, a major new study has revealed. The study, by the ...

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds and certain ethnic minority backgrounds in the United Kingdom have lower levels of vigorous physical activity, according to researchers. Children from ...

A new centre in Belfast will provide free, high-quality tuition and wellbeing support to pupils across the city.

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The prevalence of obesity and overweight in children in the region Västra Götaland in Sweden are stable, but there are signs that socioeconomic differences are increasing. These are the conclusions of ...