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Local authorities should be discouraged from initiatives that 'second-guess' the childcare market, 'prop up unsustainable providers or distort competition', according to an assessment of the Childcare...
Family and friends carers raising children are being left to fend for themselves and suffer significant levels of hardship, as local authorities fail to implement Government policy, according to a new...
The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has won ten contracts to support 62 local authorities in England with the rollout of free early education places for disadvantaged two-year-olds.
Learning to read and write their own name is an important skill for children. Rachel Goodchild describes how to make this process fun using a range of creative activities Children are born with an...
Cuts in funding from central Government are forcing local authorities to take a different approach to their children's services and education, at a time of many other changes, writes Pauline Hoare.
Perhaps the hardest part of establishing a new nursery is coming up with a distinctive name, says Derek Hayes.
The moniker that a chain adopts should be memorable and tell parents instantly what kind of care it offers, says Katy Morton.
During Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) this week, Theresa May said nursery owners had told her that some local authorities are operating the 30 hours 'system' well, while others are not.
A new report from Frontier Economics and Coram Family and Childcare finds that councils are worried about the supply of school-age childcare, including breakfast and after-school clubs.
Elizabeth Truss has written to councils in England to encourage them to talk to existing childcare providers, including schools, about how they could provide more affordable and flexible childcare.