Edinburgh City Council has decided in its wisdom that trained, experienced and qualified nursery staff in full daycare settings are not capable of delivering the pre-school curriculum to three-and...
Childcare voucher companies have hit back at Government plans to scrap tax relief and National Insurance contributions on employer-supported childcare in order to pay for free childcare places for...
More than 5,000 five-year-olds could be without a school place over the next two years if London primary schools do not receive a huge cash injection, London Councils has warned.
Some primary schools are excelling by making up for children's disadvantages with their home-school links, says a new report from Ofsted.
I read with interest 'Nurseries alarmed at holiday moves' (News, 21 September), about providers worried at the prospect of the Government forcing them to give staff 28 days holiday when they work five...
Reading some of the reactions to the so-called 'increase' in holiday entitlement (News, 21 September), I started to imagine how the 'Act for the Better Regulation of Chimney Sweepers and their...
A forum to promote collaborative childcare research in Northern Ireland was launched at Queen's University Belfast last week. It includes a new internet database to provide a central reference point...
A dedicated member of a Scottish Sure Start team has travelled to Malawi in Africa to help create a model childcare centre at an AIDS/HIV project over the summer.
Childcarers in the north-east have fallen prey to the latest mailshot scam and been targetted by companies demanding payment of between 95 and 135 for registration under the Data Protection Act. Sarah...