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It seems that getting the language of early years education and childcare right is a struggle for Government speech writers. Take education secretary Ruth Kelly's words to the IPPR last week (see...
It was very heartening to hear Jane Cole, a member of the DfES Foundation Stage team, pledge last week that outdoor play would be accorded its proper place in the forthcoming framework covering birth...
The amount of state intervention in the lives of individuals is a particularly pointed issue in childcare and parenting, with government interference in all areas constantly referred to as 'the nanny...
* Haringey Play Association has opened a new adventure playground in Northumberland Park, north London. Somerfield Grove Adventure Playground is situated in a deprived, ethnically diverse area and has...
The Labour party has promised to extend the free entitlement for three- and four-year-olds from 15 to 25 hours.
You would expect a piece of research entitled 'The Childcare Survey of Great Britain 2006' to be wide-ranging, rigorous and maybe even an official Government study. Unfortunately, Discovery Home and...
The Scottish government has placed haggis on a list of restricted foods for nursery schools. New guidelines on nutrition (see News, page 6) recommend that under-fives eat the famous delicacy no more...
At last the national standards for daycare have been published - creeping out into the world in the huge shadow of the general election announcement the same day (see News, page 4). A quick glance...
The news that the education select committee report on the early years has called for all staff to be qualified to at least NVQ3, with leaders at graduate level, within ten years should cheer...
Six months on from the last Nursery Chains and uncertainty in the private sector remains. The UK's nursery groups (see League table, page 21) still feel that Government-funded initiatives are proving...