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As the whole childcare sector prepares to work with the new Vetting and Barring system, Karen Faux outlines its differences and similarities to existing employee check processes.
* Out-of-hours childcare is to benefit from more than 25m worth of awards announced last week by the New Opportunities Fund (NOF). Grants totalling nearly 19m will fund 46,725 out-of-school places,...
As the summer holidays roll on, it seems appropriate that much of our news coverage this week is devoted to the issue of play.
Young children who have regular bedtimes and sleep for a minimum of 11 hours perform better at school, a new study has found.
The vetting and barring scheme for nine million people working with children and vulnerable adults has been halted so that a review can be carried out for a more measured approach, home secretary...
Reflections Day Nursery in Worthing, West Sussex has won the Southern Business of the Year Award 2011/12.
Professor Tina Bruce, visiting professor at the University of North London As a General Election approaches, I find myself recalling an article that I wrote soon after Labour's election victory. In...
A new early years strategy that could see children in Northern Ireland start school at six has met with mixed reactions from the childcare and education sectors.
Moving from sessional care to a flexible offer presents a challenge with variable attendance patterns throughout the day, as Deepdale Community Pre-school in West Yorkshire found
Politicians of all parties sign up to the goal of social mobility. John Major wanted a classless society. Tony Blair aspired to a meritocracy. Today Nick Clegg declares that increasing social mobility...