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Single parents from a small local authority in Wales will be offered high-quality, affordable childcare to help them into the workforce. The Community Focused Schools Childcare Pilot, a joint...
Celebrity culture will have attracted many readers to the headlines in national newspapers this month about Zoe Ball's nanny being killed tragically after a car crash. It turned out that the 'nanny',...
Ahead of today's Budget, new research reveals that more than 40 per cent of early years settings in England are receiving less funding in real terms than five years ago.
The DfE has announced national average hourly funding rates of £11.22 for under-twos, £8.28 for two-year-olds and £5.88 for three and four-year-olds from April when the first phase of the extended...
Out-of-school care in Fife has received a double boost with 960,000 in additional funding for new projects and for facilities such as outdoor play areas, play buses and toy libraries. Fife Childcare...
The extent to which children's centres are changing in the face of local authority cuts and Coalition Government policy is highlighted in the latest report from the Evaluation of Children's Centres in...
The new financial year is just about to start, and nurseries are hearing from local authorities about the new rates for the 15-hour funded places for three and four-year-olds.
Education secretary David Blunkett has revealed Pounds 400m of funding for recruiting and training teaching assistants in primary and secondary schools from 2002 to 2004. Local education authorities...
A funding shortfall of £185 million for children’s SEND and social care in the capital is putting crucial services at risk, London Councils warns.
Our new regular columnist argues that the removal of some policies and introduction of others has led to fragmentation in the Government's early years strategy.