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One of the most time-consuming, and frequently irritating, tasks undertaken by teachers and managers is collecting money from children for lunches, outings, fund raisers and the like. Now TH Jordan...
The Government is being urged to take heed of its own statistics and urge local authorities to adopt stronger inclusion policies for children with statements of special educational needs. In an...
London currently faces a shortfall of 25,000 nursery and childminder places to meet the Government's offer of free early education for 20 per cent of two-year-olds by September 2013.
The Department for Education has announced an extension of supplementary funding for nursery schools, along with a boost to childcare funding rates of up to 8p per hour, per child.
One of Sheffield's three remaining council-run nursery schools is to merge with a primary school and the future of the other two is unclear because of a lack of funding.
Following the announcements made in the Chancellor’s Autumn Spending Review, Dr Jo Verrill, managing director of research agency Ceeda, examines how providers will be affected financially
A survey of voluntary and community organisations in Glasgow points to 'a sector in crisis', with 96 per cent of respondents concerned about their survival beyond the next financial year. The Glasgow...
The extent of cuts in Sure Start funding, which could have a serious impact on the running of childrens centres, is beginning to emerge as local authorities set their budgets for the next financial...
The grassroots campaign against the Government rules for nursery education funding was stepped up last week when 400 private and voluntary nursery providers attended a meeting called by Kent County...
As a professional childminder for over six years who is currently doing a fast-track NVQ 3, I am horrified that the Government has deemed it OK for us to smoke in front of children and to be able to...