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As soon as any kind of assessment is formalised into a league table, it will be seized upon and interpreted in a misguided manner. Just look at what has happened with SATs. So it is with the 2005...
Unease is growing over some of the proposals in the Childcare Bill, with early years and childcare professionals raising their voices at several recent events (see News, page 4). There has been such a...
Following the news story 'Ofsted acts on childminders' (12 September), I am writing to clarify the position on the law relating to unregistered childminders, as the first two paragraphs of the story...
As a senior Foundation Stage advisory teacher, I would like to comment on the news story on the Ofsted report, Transition from the reception year to Year One ('School transition is "abrupt"', 27 May)....
Is it just me, or does Ofsted appear to be tangling itself up in a web of paperwork (News, 16 May)? I don't understand why it can't just register all childcarers in England and issue them with a...
The Equal Opportunities Commission is carrying out a major study into gender segregation in five employment sectors where there are skills shortages - construction, plumbing, engineering, ICT and...
The role of employers in supporting and providing for their staff's childcare needs will be a major issue in the next few years. Last week's conference by the London Development Agency, Bright...
The Scottish Executive has pledged to continue supplying additional resources to rural local authorities to provide early education and childcare. From April 2002, this funding will no longer be held...
A 3m network of road safety schemes for children is set to get underway next year. The Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions has approved 38 bids from local authorities in England...