Student choices: Old Oxbridge duo stay way ahead in public perception of...

The Independent - London;  April 2, 1998 ;     444 words ......amongst the best by 58 per cent of parents and children. Cambridge will be slightly...top three by seven per cent of parents and children. Its strongest support...mysterious. Why are 17 per cent of families with children in the pre-student age...

New data on children's height and weight published; 80 per cent of...

M2 Presswire;  February 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ......and weight published; 80 per cent of children measured(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...RDATE:21022008 Around 80 per cent of school children - an increase of 32 per cent...it is encouraging that 80 per cent of children in years one and six have been...

67 per cent of children fail at writing

The Scotsman;  March 5, 2003 ;     486 words ......showing the higher 66 per cent failure rate, were revealed...rate at reading, with 57 per cent failing to reach the basic...rise in achievement among children in early primary, largely...to deliver for Scotland's children". The AAP report says that in P4, 63 per cent of children ...

Number of children on risk register soars 13 per cent to record level

The Scotsman;  September 26, 2007 ;     454 words ......of physical injury, 18 per cent because of emotional abuse and 9 per cent due to sexual abuse. One per cent of those on the register were unborn children whose mothers had been referred...physical-neglect cases rose by 21 per cent, while sexual-abuse registrations fell by 11 per ...

Mental disorder affects 10 per cent of children

Community Practitioner;  October 1, 2005 ;     361 words ......2004 survey found that 4 per cent of children had an emotional disorder, 6...parent families, with 16 per cent of children from such backgrounds classed...mental disorder compared to 4 per cent among children whose parents had a degree qualification...

Forty per cent of parents spank children - report.(News)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  October 12, 2005 ;     362 words ...FORTY per cent of parents in...or spank their children, according to...of parents and children never quarrel...other. l71 per cent of parents praise their children most days, especially...While 86 per cent of children under four are...

Three thousand Scots children on 'zombie' drug Ritalin as prescriptions...

Scotland on Sunday;  December 21, 2003 ;     609 words ......controversial drug Ritalin to children have increased by almost 70 per cent in the past four years, heightening...withdrawal and depression in some children. Despite these fears, Scottish...drugs annually - up 68 per cent on 1999. The main active ingredient...over-active youngsters. Most of the ...

NSW: 11 per cent of children show symptoms of ADD, hyperactivity

AAP General News (Australia);  June 18, 2001 ;     488 words ......06-18-2001 NSW: 11 per cent of children show symptoms of ADD...More than 11 per cent of Australian children showed symptoms of...recorded in NSW of 1.8 per cent "suggests that there...treatment, "for some children with the disorder it...

Number of children on risk register soars by 13 per cent

The Scotsman;  September 26, 2007 ;     540 words ......emotional abuse and 9 per cent due to sexual abuse. One per cent of those on the register were unborn children whose mothers had...There were 2,593 children on the child protection...a rise of 13 per cent compared with the...were down 11 per cent. Anne Houston, the...executive of the ...

Boycott of MMR raises measles epidemic fear; SURVEY SHOWS 20 PER CENT OF...

The Evening Standard (London, England);  November 3, 2004 ;     434 words ......measles. Only 80 per cent of children in the capital...1999, when 110 children were treated in...that only 79 per cent of children in Dublin were...is only 58 per cent. Nurses are to...bid to immunise children who have not yet...

Less than three in four children (74 per cent) in England. (In...

Primary Health Care;  July 1, 2003 ;     31 words ...LESS THAN three in four children (74 per cent) in England had received both MMR jabs by the time of their fifth birthday in 2001-2002, government figures show. This was slightly down on the year before.

Eighty Six Per Cent Of London's Children Get Into One Of Their Three Top...

M2 Presswire;  March 4, 2008 ;     460 words ......2008-London Councils: Eighty Six Per Cent Of London's Children Get Into One Of Their Three...RDATE:04032008 Eighty six per cent of London's children starting secondary school...able to place over ninety per cent of children with a place at a school of...

"HIS-TERIA" scaring men from helping children; 75 per cent of men will not...

M2 Presswire;  February 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ......from helping children; 75 per cent of men will not help children in distress because...assistance of children, if the child...then over 67 per cent of those surveyed...surveyed, 80 per cent felt more scared of helping children than they did...

Children at risk of sex abuse goes up 33per cent over a year

Evening Times;  September 30, 2006 ;     138 words ......risen by 33per cent over a year. Last year 226 children were placed on...similar rises in children placed on registers...injury, up 24per cent to 779, and physical...rose by 15per cent to 10,527. The...was lower, as children can be referred...

School inspectors find 40 per cent of children not warned on drugs

The Scotsman;  March 4, 1999 ;     569 words ......the age of ten, children should warned on...lifestyle. Older children are expected to...that only 61 per cent of primaries provided...that almost 40 per cent of primary schools...and age that some children get as far as secondary...should be given to children who were ...