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Everyone agrees that children deserve the best possible start in life, and that our nursery provision should reflect the critical importance of the early years in shaping young lives. Yet it's a sad...
Childcare options need not be mutually exclusive, says Pat Broadhead.
We have always needed a voice of caution when faced with changes to our education and care systems.
The Family and Childcare Trust is the new name for the Daycare Trust and the Family and Parenting Institute.
Of the 8.1 billion visits made by English adults to nature sites in 2009/2012, only 1.8 billion of these were taken with children
Under the Government's new schools admissions plan, parents will be able to reserve places in reception classes for up to a year for their four-year-olds, while enjoying free full-time early years...
If friends ask us about the nursery business these days, we tell them to think of it as a hen coop in which several foxes have recently arrived.
Reform of all vocational learning and qualifications brings with it inevitable challenges, but the benefits for the early years sector far outweigh any of the risks posed.
A raft of rather depressing stories about increasing levels of inequality in Britain, particularly affecting under-fives, has been seen in the past month.
Those who choose a career in children's services have a special skill set that not everyone has, and a passion to make a difference to the children in whose lives they have been involved.