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I just had to write to you to thank you so much for the story 'No training for special needs carers' (News, 23 June). I am a registered childminder who has regularly phoned my local EYDCP over the...
Mainstream settings can find guidance on including disabled children in a new pack launched last week by disabled children's charity KIDS. The 'All of Us' pack contains two documents to promote...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.