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Hot on the heels of Ofsted's annual report into early years provision comes its proposed changes to the sector's inspection process (see News, page 4). These represent a fairly comprehensive revamp of...
The 75 local authorities chosen by the Department for Education as eligible for a share of £302 million to set up the Government’s ‘flagship’ family hubs in their areas have been named today...
Plans for the single scheme to replace the 90 or so baseline assessment schemes in existence have been sent to every primary school in England. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has sent out...
The comment in the news story 'Networks "a success story"' (20 November) about childminding networks in England needing to be approved by the National Childminding Association is misleading. For this...
Public services union Unison has denied claims by Scotland's local authority employers that nursery nurses are on the brink of settling their long-running dispute over pay and workloads at a local...
As the deadline for paying 15 and 30 hours funding in monthly instalments approaches, Nursery World has looked at whether local authorities have already made the move and if it has been beneficial to...
The local government School Support Staff Committee, attended by school headteachers and representatives from local authorities and unions representing support staff, met for the first time last week....
A parent fighting the closure of three nurseries by a Yorkshire council is standing as an independent candidate in local elections on 3 May. Mel Mills (pictured), one of the organisers of the campaign...
Local authorities are calling for more money to fulfil their strategic role in implementing the ten-year childcare strategy and greater clarity from the DfES on their 'market manager' role to make...
Finding not just their own way, but directing others around an environment feature in more children's activities from Jane Drake Part 2 of this project offers further ways for children to explore...