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Next month, the Government begins a double advertising and marketing drive about early years education and childcare. On the one hand, it is renewing its efforts to persuade more people, particularly...
It's good news that Ofsted's annual report into childcare and early education has found standards improving as the number of places grows (see News, page 4). There is no room for complacency, however....
The frustration of English nursery owners over long delays in criminal records checks for new employees is evident. The situation in England looks to be not half so bad as that in Scotland, however...
At last the national standards for daycare have been published - creeping out into the world in the huge shadow of the general election announcement the same day (see News, page 4). A quick glance...
The news that the education select committee report on the early years has called for all staff to be qualified to at least NVQ3, with leaders at graduate level, within ten years should cheer...
Six months on from the last Nursery Chains and uncertainty in the private sector remains. The UK's nursery groups (see League table, page 21) still feel that Government-funded initiatives are proving...
'Training the trainers' has become something of a buzz phrase of late, and it is likely to stay on everyone's lips as the drive to reform the early years workforce steps up. If there aren't enough...
Communication difficulties could put the successful implementation of the Welsh Foundation Phase at risk, the final evaluation of the pilot of the curriculum for three- to seven-year-olds has warned...
It is not often that this Government gives way to pressure when its proposals prove unpopular, but the early years and childcare sector has had more success than many in pushing for revisions. Most...
By Brian Cooper, owner of Meir Park Day Nursery in Stoke-on-Trent I am confused by the Government's approach to the subject of pay in early years, particularly in the private sector. The DfES (News,...