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It would seem to be quite a risk for the Coalition Government to ask Frank 'think the unthinkable' Field to carry out a review of poverty and life chances. Here is a character who was a regular...
The abduction and murder last month of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, and the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America on 11 September, have both highlighted for me the...
I wholeheartedly welcome the suggestion that Ofsted reveals the results of complaints about daycare provision (News, 15 May). I was unfortunate enough to work in a nursery where children's safety was...
By Liz Railton CBE, programme director, Together for Children Together for Children (TfC) has been operating since October 2006, so I am something of a late arrival as programme director, starting in...
The number of qualified workers in pre-school education and childcare is likely to rise with an extra 9m funding from the Scottish Executive. The money will help the sector move towards meeting the...
Radio should be declared an 'Education Action Zone' to help young children develop language skills, says children's radio campaigner Susan Stranks. She has called for the Government to commission an...
Three-year-old Leila and four-year-old Teddy from Reflections Nursery and Forest School in Worthing, West Sussex, officially opened the setting's new water feature, designed by them and their peers.
The most eagerly awaited news in the professional Nanny year is, this year cause for celebrating. Our annual pay survey on pages 6-7 shows nannies' earnings are continuing to rise in London, the Home...
I am writing on behalf of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in response to 'Call for action on falling occupancy' (News, 27 October). The establishment of children's centres in the most...
I cannot agree with Alan Bentley's column ('To the point' and News, 17 May) and find it very contradictory. He is asking us to speak with 'one voice', but surely setting up a separate association is...