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The Labour party has promised to extend the free entitlement for three- and four-year-olds from 15 to 25 hours.
We have one Barney Farm (Asco, 79.95) to give away to Nursery Topics readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'Barney Farm', to the address on page 3. The...
We have one wooden bucket balance (Hope, 39.95) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'bucket balance', to the address on page...
As this highly significant bill enters its final stages in Parliament, we ask Family and Childcare Trust policy and public affairs expert Adam Butler some key questions.
A swathe of new big policy documents are hitting the early years sector from September, starting with the new inspection framework. Hannah Crown has a handy summary of what is happening and when
The Government climbdown on the proposal to relax the staff:child ratios in nurseries and childminders felt like a huge victory for the early years sector.
We've got ten copies of BEAM's MiniMaths 2 by Kim Connor (16.50) to give away to readers. This recently published, colourful book is full of mathematical games and activities cross-referenced to the...
A guide to the 241-page Children and Families Act, which became law on 13 March 2014.
Parents would feel more comfortable leaving their children in childcare if the Every Child Matters framework contained more family-friendly policies, the author of a report by a leading think-tank has...
The emergence of the Conservative Party's plan to give state funding to Montessori and Steiner schools if it wins the next election is surprising, to say the least (see News, page 3).