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The Daycare Trust has called for a new type of childcare worker whose training and employment conditions mirror that of a school teacher, to staff the growing number of integrated services that...
Frontline staff are being overwhelmed by the needs of millions of frightened, vulnerable families, who a month into the lockdown are facing life on the breadline, warns children’s charity Action for...
Childminders are accusing the Government of ignoring their views after it was revealed that Liz Truss, the education and childcare minister, appears to only want to meet with childminders who are...
By Sally-Ann Wallington, proprietor and director of the Children's Nursery in Barnoldswick, Lancashire I am certain I am not the only childcare provider of my generation who has thought at times that...
Gill Jones, Ofsted Early Education Deputy Director explains the move to bring early years inspections in house
Ahead of this week’s budget and spending review, the chancellor has announced £500m for families and early years support - however there is no sign of any increase in funding for the 15 and 30 hour...
I am a qualified special needs nursery nurse and I am outraged at the prospect of classroom assistants taking classes. I do not feel that people like myself, who have been to college and trained for...
These delightful StoryBooks, part of an interactive play system from Flair, have been designed for children of three years-plus to support role play and pre-reading skills. Each one has eight...
How have the UK’s biggest nursery groups – and the early years sector as a whole – changed over the past two decades? Catherine Gaunt goes through the archives