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All newly qualified Level 2 and 3 entrants to the early years workforce must have a paediatric first-aid (PFA) certificate within three months of starting work in order to be included in ratios.
The number of designated Sure Start areas rose by 66 last week, bringing the total in England to 260 - ten more than the Government's target for 2001/02. Six of the new areas are rural - Oswestry in...
Childcare providers have escaped some 20-fold rises in Ofsted registration fees after a Government climbdown.
Suzi Gray, Early Years Technical Advisor - City & Guilds, unpicks the draft level 3 apprenticeship standard
There has been plenty of outraged reaction to the prospect of schools offering provision for disadvantaged two-year-olds, particularly from private sector nurseries and early years experts.
Reference to ‘cultural capital’ in the draft Education Inspection Framework has sparked a number of concerns in the early years sector, finds consultant and author Helen Moylett
Early intervention to support disadvantaged families is helping to turn families' lives around, according to Government figures.
A maintained nursery school has opened an outdoor nursery and forest school, believed to be the first in East Yorkshire.
New children's minister Dawn Primarolo sets out her priorities for childcare and delivering the Early Years Foundation Stage.