Found 41276 results for "?tag=Local authorities?type=Feature?ArticleTypes/Name=Other|News|Features"
The risk of injury to children in playgrounds and other play areas remains low in comparison to other risks they are exposed to in everyday life, the first Government report on the state of Britain's...
Aaron is a three-year-old attending Cottingley Primary School nursery in West Yorkshire. He explores the indoor and outdoor areas of the setting with confidence, often encouraging other children to...
Children's centres should place more emphasis on home visits to reach the most disadvantaged families, new practice guidance for local authorities is advising. Children's minister Beverley Hughes said...
This week's columnist Helen Penn looks at an oasis of good practice in a land of stark inequality I have been working in South Africa recently. It is a very unequal country, and nearly 10 million...
Name: Sandra Wells Age: 42 Job title: Aromatherapist (ITEC) baby massage tutor (BSY)
A project tailored to the needs of reception children is improving achievement and attainment, says the children centre teacher team from the Birth to Five Service, Lincolnshire County Council
Countries whose governments subsidise a higher proportion of childcare than the UK are doing better boosting occupancy to pre-lockdown occupancy levels, a panel of experts heard this week.
The National Day Nurseries Association has won ten contracts to support 62 local authorities in England with the rollout of free early education places for disadvantaged two-year-olds
Staffordshire-based chain Footsteps Day Nurseries has acquired two more nurseries, with plans to open another nursery next year.
Hot on the heels of Ofsted's annual report into early years provision comes its proposed changes to the sector's inspection process (see News, page 4). These represent a fairly comprehensive revamp of...