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The extension to the free entitlement to 15 hours per week is to go ahead from September as planned.
Nursery owners are questioning the rationale for Government plans for schools funding, which they say will only continue to perpetuate the long-standing problem of underfunding for the early years...
Parents would feel more comfortable leaving their children in childcare if the Every Child Matters framework contained more family-friendly policies, the author of a report by a leading think-tank has...
Torbay in Devon has the highest proportion of outstanding and good childminders, nurseries and pre-schools, with more than nine in ten early years providers achieving at least a good grade.
Struggling parents who have access to short-break foster care schemes are more likely to keep their children out of full-time care, research for the Department of Health has found - but only 12 local...
Funding cuts of 2m from local nurseries and children's centres are being proposed by Sheffield City Council in a move that campaigners say will leave large parts of the city with no childcare services...
Did you publish Maggie Dyer's letter (15 March) just to provoke a response? Snide asides relating to the Government's policy allowing registered childminders to smack children and smoke in their...
In this new series, James Hempsall investigates how different settings are adapting to the new flexible requirements
One in six local authorities in England are failing to follow Government guidance on early years funding intended to protect providers from the financial impact of coronavirus, an investigation by the...
Childcare providers in over half of boroughs in the capital are receiving less in Government funding for the 30 hours than parents would pay, according to a new report.