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Families in Sheffield are amongst thousands across England that will be offered help and support with issues such as infant feeding, mental health and relationship building thanks to Family Hubs being rolled out in local communities.

Sheffield’s Family Hub Network aims to strengthen community support for families and ensure the city’s children get the best possible start in life.

The Department for Education (DfE) has announced that Sheffield City Council will be one of 16 local authorities that will help to design a process to expand wraparound childcare for primary schools. Wraparound care includes breakfast clubs, after school clubs and other school services that can help care for children outside of normal school hours from 8am to 6pm.

Sheffield City Council welcomes this morning’s Government announcement of the £100m fund that will see teams working proactively across the country to tackle some of the public sector’s biggest challenges.

Sheffield’s Children in Care services ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating

The permanent closure of Springfield Nursery is being recommended following the completion of a public consultation surrounding its future.

A consultation on the permanent closure of Springfield Nursery will now begin after the decision was recommended to move forward.

IKEA has used its design expertise, products and co-worker time to renovate a previously under-utilised council-owned space in Sheffield, as part of its commitment to the South Yorkshire Beds for Babies: Safe Place to Sleep Programme.

Parents and families across Sheffield today learned which secondary school their children have been allocated as they proceed into Year 7.