Two surveys show that many settings will not be able to offer parents places for the extended entitlements, as the start of the roll-out of the expanded policy nears. By Catherine Gaunt
Teaching unions have warned their members will be ready to strike if the Government does not increase the value of its new pay deal for teachers.
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Asquith Court and Kidsunlimited, two of the UK's largest chains, are to merge and form a new company, the Nursery Years Group, making them the second-largest group in the UK in terms of number of...
The Department for Education (DfE) says it is ‘making good progress’ on the commitments outlined in its Early Years Workforce Strategy, with work currently under way on the SEND qualification.
Early years providers are facing a real-term cut in funding to deliver three and four-year-old places in 2015/16, amid increases to business and running costs.
Ofsted inspectors in early years and social care may go on strike after pay talks with England's inspectorate broke down last week.
'We all belong together and all of us are in the same society,' says Shubi Raymond, Haringey's advisory teacher for inclusion in the early years. 'The principles are the same for all children. We are...