Local authorities are set to lose their early years quality improvement role, as Ofsted becomes 'the sole arbiter of quality in the early years', in the Government's 'More Great Childcare' shake-up.
Foster carers will be able to access the 30 hours for the children in their care from September, the DfE has announced.
A childcare apprentice is using the hashtag #247Apprentice to share a week in the life for the Storify page of National Apprenticeship Week 2013.
Prepare yourself for a change of job or role by thinking through a list of the most important factors, in a new series by Tina Jefferies.
Young children are spending an extra two hours a day in front of a screen since lockdown began, according to research from children’s reading charity BookTrust.
The children and families minister Vicky Ford has been accused of ‘dismissing the closure of thousands of childminders’.
‘Can you Tickle A Tiger’? has been named the best new book for sharing with young children by BookTrust.
Take-up of the funded two-year-old offer might be at an all-time high– but eligibility for the benefit is lower than ever, says IFS senior research economist, Christine Farquharson.
The role of digital technology in children’s early years is the focus of a one-day conference at the University of Oxford next month.
Sixty teaching schools will share £5m of Government funding in partnerships with local nurseries.