New Labour's early years policies in its first four years of Government have been weighed up and found wanting in parts in a report published this week by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation...
A poll has found that 15 per cent of workers under 24 do not receive a payslip, ahead of a change to the law that means that all workers are now legally entitled to one.
The majority of registered providers ensure that children in their care are kept safe and healthy, but Ofsted has identified ways that safety could be improved in nearly half the settings in its new...
Name: Penny Hustwick Position: Owner of ABC Day Nurseries group in Telford, Shropshire
The Government may not have guessed what a complicated set of issues it was opening up when it said it wanted to enhance the role of teaching assistants, says Dr Alan Marr The Government is pushing...
Schools, childcare and early years organisations have until 30 April to enter for this year's National Training Awards, organised by UK Skills. A series of free half-day workshops run by experienced...
North Lanarkshire Childcare Partnership plans to invest 100,000 to recruit and develop the next generation of childcare workers. Thirty local people will benefit from training to gain the skills...
The Scottish Executive has released 1.5m in extra funding for voluntary sector childcare projects and simplified the application process for grants.
Hopes for a resolution to the long-running nursery nurses' dispute fell when a parliamentary vote to introduce a national pay settlement across Scotland was lost last week.
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