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After many years of lobbying by childcare organisations, the Government's proposals to extend tax breaks for employer-supported childcare look set to make significant advances (see News, page 4). Tax...
The National Day Nurseries Association has won a contract with Thurrock Council in Essex to help support the long-term sustainability of early years and childcare providers in the area.
A flagship Welsh childcare initiative that focuses on disadvantaged under-threes plans to invest more than 2,000 per child per year, the Welsh Assembly revealed in a consultation document last week....
A new guide for local authorities on implementing the Sure Start Out of School programme (2003-06) has just been published by Kids' Clubs Network for the Sure Start Unit. Local authorities have taken...
Private providers were urged last week to work with their local authorities in producing an analysis of the real cost of delivering the free nursery entitlement, following the publication of...
One of England's flagship nursery schools is fighting for its life after the local authority announced plans to close it.
At the weekend, Tony Blair pledged to improve the quality of school meal ingredients, kitchen facilities and training for dinner ladies. But The Sunday Times and the Daily Mail were quick to accuse...
Who knows how long free pre-school provision is likely to survive?
New arrangements by Ofsted for the inspection, assessment and review of services for children and young people are now available to see at www.ofsted.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople. The first local...