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A Portage worker who is also a mother is advised by Tina Jefferies on how to achieve her dream of becoming a children's centre manager, along with some other possible career options.
Childminders in England have warmly welcomed Ofsted's decision to keep their personal details private by putting only their registration number and postcode with their inspection reports on its...
More than 40 per cent of children live in local authorities that are ‘early education and care deserts’, where there are more than three children for every one registered place.
In the first of a four-part series on planning your outdoor area,Julie Mountain introduces the '7Cs' approach for enabling high-quality play.
Sure Start budgets were revealed last week in the local authority children's services funding for 2006 to 2008. Sure Start local programme funding has been rolled into the General Sure Start Grant...
The former Scottish Independent Nurseries Association has been relaunched with a new name, new offices and a new organisational structure. The Association is now a limited company registered at...
The government is consulting on scrapping some qualifications at level 3.
Guidance on the new legal requirement for children with special educational needs to be included in mainstream education has been published by the ScottishExecutive. The new requirement, introduced as...
Government claims that all free nursery education places for three- and four-year-olds are funded 'at the same basic rate' are being disputed by local authority officials who say that spending rules...
Money set aside for local Sure Start programmes may be at risk from the development of children's centres. Simon Vevers reports Local Sure Start programmes have delivered a wide range of often...