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All children from one to five years old could benefit from free hours of early education, in plans being considered by the Liberal Democrats.
Government figures, released yesterday, show that around 70 per cent of the 130,000 disadvantaged two-year-olds eligible for early education places have so far taken up the offer.
Dr Jo Blanden, co-author of a new study on the free early years entitlement, weighs up the evidence
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A childcare recruitment agency has been forced to disclose a confidential reference about a nursery nurse on its books after losing a nine-month battle to withhold the information. The nursery nurse...
The right of every child and family to have access to a local Sure Start children's centre could be established in law, if Government plans go ahead.
PVI providers may have lost out in new rules, says Pat Broadhead.
Take-up of free nursery education for thee-and four-year-olds is lower in London and among South Asian parents, research carried out for the Department for Education has found.