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The news that neither early years nor playwork have succeeded in their bids to be one of the trailblazer Sector Skills Councils (see page 4) is not a terribly encouraging start to the new year, when...
More reassuring noises came from the Government in the past week about its continuing commitment to expanding childcare, as trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt took to the stage at the...
Many fine words are uttered about the need to raise the status of the early years workforce and the professionalism of the sector. Around 600,000 people are now working in early years in an...
What price universal childcare? As publication of the Government's ten-year plan looms, various lobbying organisations have been coming up with some firm figures for the funding needed to make the...
Hot on the heels of Bright Horizons Family Solutions' acquisition of Kinderquest, Busy Bees has snapped up the Lancashire-based Kindercare Childcare Centres group (see News, page 4), taking it to...
Schools across the country are up in arms about shortfalls in their budget allocations which, they say, mean that it will be impossible for them to implement the Workload Reduction Agreement, with...
In the final part of this series, Caroline Jones suggests that when it is handled appropriately, conflict can lead to improved teamwork and clarification of ideas.
Ofsted will resume graded inspections of some registered early years providers from 4 May, it has confirmed today.
A new sustainability support programme by 4Children (see page 4) includes weekly telephone surgery sessions with experts on Wednesdays from 1pm-3 pm. The helpline number is 020 7512 2100. Online...
Eight out of ten young people who were physically abused as children had also witnessed domestic violence, research by the NSPCC has found. The statistics are found in a report, Child Maltreatment in...