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What are the key features of a good early years curriculum? By Verity Campbell-Barr, Katherine Evans, Jan Georgeson and Sasha Tregenza
Early years staff fear they will lose out in the current regrading of pay and status for council employees - but, says Mary Evans, some may shine in the evaluation
School meals are to receive a 280m funding boost to improve quality over the next three years, most of which will go directly to schools and local education authorities to ensure they spend a minimum...
* The Trades Union Congress has called for Regional Development Agencies in England to make locally-available childcare 'a higher priority' because of the important role childcare plays in boosting...
Low-income families living in rural areas are missing out on key services such as childcare, healthcare and job opportunities, a study has found.
(Photograph) - Children at The Orchard Nursery in Edinburgh enjoy football coaching with a difference with the Play2Learn approach, which uses story-based games to develop sports skills. A 'deep sea...
Further to the news story 'Council fails in planning inquiry' (7 August), as a local resident and one of the complainants I want to stress that we are not 'anti-nursery'. This is simply the wrong...
How children’s day nurseries might be able to future-proof themselves through partnerships with other businesses
The extension of the nursery education grant for three- and four-year-olds, from 33 to 38 weeks a year from 1 April, should, on the face of it, be good news for non-maintained providers. But examine...
The voluntary sector has improved more than any other type of provision, according to the first large-scale study of childcare across England since the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education...