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The number of qualified workers in pre-school education and childcare is likely to rise with an extra 9m funding from the Scottish Executive. The money will help the sector move towards meeting the...
As a parent I was dismayed to read that a ban on television advertising of food to children has been ruled out by Ofcom (news, 29 July). As its report suggests, there may be many factors involved in...
A new training programme intended to equip nursery staff with the necessary skills to help them support families with low basic skills is being tested out in four local authorities in England. The...
We kick off November with our annual nursery management supplement, plus features on risk and hazard, tantrums, and ASD
Janet Moyles wrote a most informative feature ('Sound effects', 9 February) which I'm sure caused many early years practitioners to reflect on their practice. I am a parent partnership coach, helping...
Providers are having to manipulate claims for the funded hours because local authorities’ systems won’t allow for the 30- or 15-hour entitlements to be taken as stretched offers.
The latest Ofsted results for children's centres suggest that performance is poor in comparison to other types of childcare provision. Gabriella Jozwiak investigates the facts behind the figures.
Unions have stepped up their campaign against academy schools following the news that a group of leading Liberal Democrats involved in education are opposing the Academies Bill.
A call to standardise school holidays across Scotland will be discussed by ministers and local authorities, after it was agreed by Holyrood's Public Petitions Committee on 29 June. The petition urging...
A 16.8m national scheme to set up workplace nurseries in small and medium-sized businesses is to be managed by the London Development Agency (LDA), children's minister Beverley Hughes announced last...