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Most local authorities have found difficulties in implementing the Integrated Review – but solutions do exist, reports Charlotte Goddard
The Department for Education (DfE) is toughening its stance on local authority approaches to funding childminders for free early education places.
Having read the letter 'Don't judge parents' (26 May), I was encouraged to have a second look at 'Why are they parents?' (12 May). While the author of the first letter may have used the term 'type of...
I would like to voice my support for comments in the news story on changing the title of nursery nurse to early years worker ('Recruitment of men gets fresh impetus', 19 June). It would be most...
Since the introduction in October 1999 of the childcare tax credit scheme as part of the Working Families Tax Credit, I have completed hundreds of forms for parents. The result has been about a 10 per...
How refreshing to read the news story 'Play on, Year One pupils told' (20 February). As an early years practitioner who runs a pre-school, I am constantly concerned about the pressures of formal...
The Scottish Social Services Council has received a good response to the news story 'Views sought on qualified carers' (10 July), about our consultation on the qualifications required for those...
I would just like to say a big thank you to all the Nursery World readers who have supported our Parents Jury campaign for better children's food, and also a special thank you to the nurseries that...
Private and voluntary nurseries in Scotland are seeing their number of funded places capped as local authorities move to increase their own provision.