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More than 86 per cent of all three- and four-year-olds accessing the free entitlement are taking up the full 15-hour offer, according to the latest Government figures.
As part of a drive to forge links with the local community, a setting in Durham organised a supermarket trip. Carey Anne Bonser reveals why it has given them an appetite for more.
It's good news for the sector that early years work is one of the three priority areas for the Department for Education under the new coalition Government.
Why doesn't nursery food figure in plans for improving the quality of children's lives?
There are some new faces in our Top 25 table of nursery groups this year, and in our extensive directory too. Catherine Gaunt analyses the latest moves in both size and quality of the chains.
Many providers of the free entitlement also offer before and afterschool care.
Schools will be able to choose their own term times and holidays, under new Government proposals.
Reference to ‘cultural capital’ in the draft Education Inspection Framework has sparked a number of concerns in the early years sector, finds consultant and author Helen Moylett
The winner of the Community Playthings storage chest competition (Nursery World, 11 August) is Rebecca Taylor from Birch Grove Day Nursery in Cheshire.