The Department for Education has doubled the funding available for the early years bursary scheme to £3,000 in a bid to encourage more applicants.
By Annette Brooke MP, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for children The Government's investment in childcare, Children's Centres and Sure Start is very welcome, and I am delighted to see commitment from...
The Government’s national plan for music education has been extended to cover the early years.
Councils will receive a new minimum rate of £4.30 an hour in the new early years funding formula, the early years minister has confirmed.
Plans to change the way that childcare for three- and four-year-olds is funded to make the system fairer for all early years providers, wherever they are in the country, have been put out for...
A series of seminars for early years educators is being hosted by Learning and Teaching Scotland where delegates can discuss the latest publication in LT Scotland's new series, 'Perspectives: a series...
Funds to extend special educational needs advice and support to early years settings should be provided by the Government to local education authorities in England, the Audit Commission said last week...
A coalition of early years organisations has slammed the Department for Education for failing to consult widely with the sector on drawing up curriculum guidance for the revised EYFS, and said it...
Cambridge Education, a division of Mott MacDonald, is now running early years and school services for Slough Borough Council.
Early years settings will no longer receive a single word Ofsted judgement, under new reforms confirmed by the inspectorate in response to its Big Listen, which also include the introduction of a new...