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According to think tank IPPR, the Government has underestimated the cost of doubling the free hours for three and four-year-olds by £1 billion a year.
Children’s centre leaders and campaigners in Sutton Coldfield say they are worried that services for vulnerable families are at risk.
Stay and Play is the most commonly run service offered by children's centres in deprived areas, according to new research into the way centres are managed and the type of provision they offer.
A recent development has seen Jasmine naming colours spontaneously. She clearly knows pink, purple, blue (boo) and orange (noringe). Sometimes she identifies green (geen) too. She likes to build...
A mixed bag of books that lend themselves to being shared with a group of young children is reviewed by Alison Boyle Halibut Jackson by David Lucas (Andersen, 10.99, ISBN: 1-84270-218-1)
Despite a record number of disadvantaged families using children's centres, uncertainty over their future remains,new research shows.
Four finalists have now been chosen for the eighth Heinemann and Nursery World Childcare Student of the Year Awards. All are studying for the level 3 CACHE Diploma in Childcare and Education.
Ofsted's report into the performance of Early Excellence Centres (News, page 6, last week) has highlighted some problems with leadership and management, an issue that is examined further in this...