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Scottish local authoritiesare to receive a share of 10m to tackle the problem of indiscipline in schools, the Scottish Executive announced last week. The funding will provide extra staff to supervise...
The DCSF has named 56 local authorities that have been approved to implement the Early Years Single Funding Formula from April by becoming second-wave pathfinders (see box).
Local authorities are changing their interpretations of the Children Act ahead of the new arm of Ofsted taking over regulation and inspection, says Annette Rawstrone
The latest ten local education authorities in England to be inspected jointly with the Audit Commission this autumn were announced last week by Ofsted. They are the London boroughs of Barnet,...
As a nursery nurse I am very aware of the importance of safety for young children and also how important it is for parents' sense of security that staff working with their children are fully checked...
Just how local authorities split early years funding between private and voluntary nurseries and maintained provision in schools and nursery schools has long been a bone of contention.
Local authorities will have to confirm funding rates to early years providers eight weeks after the DfE announces local authority rates, under new rules being brought in.
Fourteen more local authorities are set to extend the free early education entitlement for three- and four-year-olds to 15 hours a week from next September.
Following her recent marriage, Nursery World senior reporter Nicole Curnow has changed her name to Nicole Weinstein. She can be contacted at nicole.weinstein@nurseryworld.co.uk.
Identifying children's relationships with the adults in their home is no longer a matter of Bob's your uncle, says <STRONG> Mary Evans </STRONG>