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Merged children's centres fare significantly worse in their Ofsted inspections than individual centres, the latest statistics show.
Four children's centres in England have been recognised as hubs of good practice for their work supporting grandparents who provide childcare, as part of a new project by the Grandparents' Association...
Some children's centres in Southend will become full daycare settings for disadvantaged two-year-olds, in plans put out for consultation to re-organise Sure Start services.
The latest Ofsted results for children's centres suggest that performance is poor in comparison to other types of childcare provision. Gabriella Jozwiak investigates the facts behind the figures.
What children's centres can do By Andrew Ireland, children's services group director at Havering Borough Council
<P>The Government is to throw an extra 100m at children's centres but, says Sue Finch, it won't be enough for an integrated service </P>
Nine children's centres in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham will lose their direct funding under plans to reorganise children's centre services into a 'hub and spoke' model.
Manchester is set to axe universal children's centres services and commission the private and voluntary sector to take over its maintained daycare provision, according to the council's proposed budget...
Barnardo's and Action for Children have lost their contracts to run seven children's centres in Leicester in a council bid to save 1.7m a year.
The London Borough of Southwark has released details of its children's centre programme, which will bring the total number of centres to 21 by 2008. Work has already begun on the first phase of the...