Found 38145 results for "?tag=Local authorities?type=Feature?ArticleTypes/Name=News|News|Features"
The controversial ContactPoint database will be shut down on 6 August, children's minister Tim Loughton has confirmed.
In addition to our regular mix of best practice features, activities and topical investigations this month brings you Nursery World’s annual, in-depth Nursery Management Supplement. Gain insights into...
The 31 March deadline for entries to the Heinemann/Nursery World Childcare Student of the Year award is fast approaching, so tutors with outstanding students should make sure they don't miss out on...
‘Peck, Peck, Peck’, by Lucy Cousins has been chosen as the best picture book for children from birth to five at the Booktrust awards.
The Childcare Corporation was omitted from the reprinted Nursery Chains league table (News, 11 November). It should be at position 11 with 1,252 places and 13 settings. All groups listed from 11 to 20...
Nursery World wishes to make it clear that while examples of bad practice in beacon schools were cited by some delegates at a National Campaign for Nursery Education conference in London last month,...
Extended schools are in danger of becoming 'warehouses that look after children', Tim Gill, a leading figure in the play sector warned last week. Speaking after the launch of the extended schools...
Kicking off a new series exploring the revised Development Matters guidance, Dr Julian Grenier looks at the first two key features of effective practice within the document: ‘The best for every child’...
Struggling parents who have access to short-break foster care schemes are more likely to keep their children out of full-time care, research for the Department of Health has found - but only 12 local...
A consultation on changes to the free entitlement has been launched by the Government, in advance of increasing the number of two-year-olds who will be eligible for 15 hours of early education from...