Found 38227 results for "?tag=Local authorities?type=Feature?ArticleTypes/Name=Employer Zone|News|Features"
The future role of Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships was the subject of a meeting last month between the director of the Sure Start unit and 60 local authority early years...
Further to the news story 'Nurseries may quit education grant' (5 February), the issue of funding made me leave the early years sector after 15 years of working in various playgroups to work as an NVQ...
Leeds City Council is planning to launch a two-year pilot programme to give graduates coming fresh to the early years and childcare sector a practical route to EYP Status.
There was great disappointment among private and voluntary sector nurseries when the coalition Government pressed ahead with the Code of Practice on the free entitlement rather than suspend it as the...
You may have booked the venue and be looking forward to your staff Christmas party, but have you considered all the potential pitfalls? Jacqui Mann provides a guide to ensuring that the festivities...
I read with interest Patricia Slatcher's excellent feature 'First choice' (26 July). I felt it was a clear, concise guide for college leavers to help them make informed choices about their careers....
It's hard to switch on the television or open a newspaper at the moment without hearing or seeing the reality of difficult funding decisions being faced by local authorities. As both a Minister and a...
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...
Private childcare providers face confusion over whether they need to register with Disclosure Scotland, the new police checks organisation, to access criminal records information about potential...
Lynn Bryden is business and finance support officer at Sure Start Strategic Partnership Tyne & Wear (www.northyneside.gov.uk)