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News that childminders who become home childcarers under the new Government plan launched last month will have to give up their self-employed status seems to sound a death knell for the fledgling...
The crisis of childcare recruitment and salaries is intensifying as Government investment pours into neighbourhood nurseries and extended schools. The private sector is being particularly badly hit,...
In the news story 'Childcare needs men to raise pay' (19 September) the Equal Opportunities Commission said that childcare would continue to be a low-status and low-pay profession as long as few men...
Set aside some time to read through all the features that make up this great package of information for nursery managers.
Local authorities in England will be given new duties to ensure that there are sufficient Sure Start children's centres in their area, the Government said last week.
Children's listening and speaking skills could be boosted if local authorities invested in radio at a cost of about 1 a year per child, according to Susan Stranks, director of Children 2000, which...
David Bell's appointment as the new head of Ofsted was confirmed last week following a meeting by the Privy Council. Last month, education secretary Estelle Morris said she was recommending his...
In this new four-part series on what the new Children and Social Work Act means for the early years sector, we look at changes to the local safeguarding procedures. By Ann Marie Christian
Early years workers who belong to Unison Scotland are set to receive a 4 per cent pay rise from April 2003, in the final instalment of a four-year-pay deal with local authorities. This means that...
'As is often claimed - not least by the Tories - the (Labour) party appears to have stolen many of the right's best ideas. Tough on the basics, tough on local authorities, tough on failing schools,...