Moving from sessional care to a flexible offer presents a challenge with variable attendance patterns throughout the day, as Deepdale Community Pre-school in West Yorkshire found
The extension to the free entitlement to 15 hours per week is to go ahead from September as planned.
Fennies, which operates across London, Surrey and Kent, has opened two new settings in the last couple of weeks.
Supporting Families in the Foundation Years sets out proposals for parents to access their free entitlement at the earlier time of 7am, or later at 7pm. James Hempsall outlines how one nursery is...
A nursery chain which has defended a ‘general extras’ charge as necessary to subsidise government-funded places has published a new policy to help get around the problem.
Winner - Little Barn Owls Nursery & Farm School, Horsham, West Sussex
Winner - iConnect and ParentZone by Connect Childcare
Early years organisations believe if the minimum wage was increased to £15 per hour, as per the TUC's call, it would be 'impossible' for childcare settings to remain open.
Providers frequently tell us about barriers to delivering an extended flexible offer and that there is no demand for it. Pathfinder settings demonstrated how providing flexibility could generate a...
A qualified nanny with 15 years of experience launched her own nanny agency in Thame, Oxfordshire last month. Riverside Nanny Solutions is the brainchild of Johanna Stevens, who aims to provide a...