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The destinations of strands of money in the Sure Start Early Years and Childcare Grant allocated to local authorities are outlined by Simon Vevers.
A new national programme that will advise local authorities in England on setting up children's centres has named its first director. Liz Railton, director of children's services at Essex County...
A boy of seven unwittingly ran up a 1,300 bill on a 'free' iPad app after he downloaded expensive extras in error, said the Daily Mail. Heidi Drager from Barnsley, South Yorkshire downloaded the Tap...
One of the most time-consuming, and frequently irritating, tasks undertaken by teachers and managers is collecting money from children for lunches, outings, fund raisers and the like. Now TH Jordan...
See what nurseries across the country have been doing.
* Nursery group Child Base is set to name its new chairman in the next few weeks, after Sir Peter Thompson, the company's co-founder, stepped down from the position in October. He remains life...
If we want to preserve our valuable early years services, we must seek to influence politicians, says Dr Julian Grenier, national chair of Early Education
Measures are being introduced to safeguard school playing fields in England. From now on local education authorities will only be allowed to sell off playing fields for redevelopment if the sports and...
What are local authorities doing to resist the pressure to close children's centres - and why do they consider it important? Melanie Defries reports.