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Academies and free schools are failing in their 'moral duty' to ensure children are getting healthy school meals, local government leaders have warned.
New fathers get attached to their baby's prams in the same way they get attached to their cars, according to a Yellow Pages poll reported in The Metro. Almost a third of men chose a pram because of...
Reports of plans for local education authorities to carry out school inspections rather than HMI have been strongly denied by the Scottish Executive - but the story has refused to go away. On Friday...
The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) is to invest 3.3m in local workforce initiatives as part of its 2006/07 Business Plan. The plan was published last week and further details are to...
I am in full agreement with the comments by Stephen Burke, director of the Daycare Trust (News, 25 October), about the lack of appropriate childcare for children who have special needs. I run one of...
Local authorities are calling for more money to fulfil their strategic role in implementing the ten-year childcare strategy and greater clarity from the DfES on their 'market manager' role to make...
Private and voluntary providers in Scotland have welcomed the news of a 5m annual fund dedicated to improving training and qualifications for early years and childcare staff in the PVI sector, but...
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...
Further to Ruth Thomson's feature on the Neighbourhood Nurseries scheme ('On track?', 21 February), I am the Foundation Stage co-ordinator in a maintained primary school, serving a deprived area...
Now is the time for local authorities and providers to be taking a fresh look at how to communicate with eligible families. James Hempsall explains.