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The ongoing issue of childminders being unable to claim early education funding has come under the spotlight again, after Lancashire County Council was forced to back down on plans to stop the...
The out-of-school sector has hit out at children's secretary Ed Balls after he detailed plans to cut 100m from after-school club funding, despite a Government target that all primary schools should...
James Hempsall describes how the move to a flexible offer has prompted many providers to reconsider what is possible and as a result, help parents to create a better work-life balance in their...
The education secretary is inviting schools and local authorities to put forward ideas to improve the funding system for pupils with SEND.
More than 86 per cent of all three- and four-year-olds accessing the free entitlement are taking up the full 15-hour offer, according to the latest Government figures.
Everyday play provides plenty of chances to learn number skills. But it doesn't just have to be through tangible objects, says Jane Drake Counting, and use of numbers as labels, constitutes one strand...
It's been a good couple of weeks for childminding. The sun beamed down at last week's National Childminding Association election manifesto launch at the House of Commons terrace (see News, page 3)....
There has been a muted response from the early years and childcare sector this week to the news that 100m in capital funding is to boost expansion of places for disadvantaged two-year-olds.
I am one of eight nursery nurses working in nursery, reception and Year 1 in a school in Southport, Merseyside. Five of us are being made redundant at the end of this month due to the current...
Penelope Leach PhD has been dispensing wise words on infant development for many years now, with her book Your Baby and Child having achieved classic status. So we are delighted to publish her...