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A new set of practice guidelines is helping early years professionals to develop their skills and local authorities to assess the training they offer, says Chris Stevens Everyone who works with young...
A nursery class has boosted its dialogue with parents by thinking carefully about how it can use the free entitlement to meet the needs of individual children
The National Day Nurseries Association has launched a policy paper calling for day nurseries to play a full part in the development of universal childcare. Day nurseries: good business for families...
Could it be that the worst is over for the private nursery sector, in terms of their fears for their survival? Certainly, several speakers at last week's Laing and Buisson conference thought that...
Thousands of families, already struggling to feed and clothe their children, will be plunged into the ‘bleakest’ winter crisis, a new report by Action for Children warns.
The DfES is carrying out a consultation on draft statutory guidance for local authorities and their partners on providing integrated children's services. The joint guidance with the Department of...
Many disadvantaged families are still being failed by the children's centre programme, according to delegates and speakers at last week's annual Sure Start conference in London.
Becoming a mother after becoming a teacher can bring new insights into the work of early years practitioners, as Phoebe Doyle found out.
An extension of free nursery education, an out-of-school childcare place for all three- to 14-year-olds and increased maternity leave and childcare tax credits are key elements of the Government's...