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Children's organisations have welcomed the Scottish Parliament's passing of the first major revision in special educational needs legislation for 20 years. From 1 April 2004, the Education (Additional...
The findings of the Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey 2009, published by the Department for Education, reveal changing trends in the early years workforce and the demand for their care.
Letter of the week - I applied for the Transformation Fund but was turned down because we are only registered for 17 children and the minimum had to be 20 children for four hours each day. Yes, we...
Not quite the nanny from hell, but the nanny agencies from hell were exposed this month by the consumer protection magazine Which? when it sent one of its researchers to approach 20 agencies, posing...
I worked as a classroom assistant in a local school for three years from 1997 to 2000, and my experience was a very different one to that described by Anna Jones ('In my view', 20 September). While I...
Working together is taking on a new meaning in one local authority area that's putting into practice the Government's order to integrate children's services, says Simon Vevers Croydon is one of eight...
The 'erosion of staff ratios' combined with a dearth of early years specialist teachers is threatening the quality of education on offer in nursery classes, according to a leading early years...
It's time to ask whether all the investment in and planning for early years care and education is helping to achieve what young children really need, says Kathy Goouch When any group in central...
Children's centres must do more outreach work to target families most in need, train staff in financial expertise and liaise with local authorities to establish the real cost of their services.
The charity 4Children is to set up and run nine flagship children's centres catering for children from nought to 16 as part of its new regional development strategy. Working in partnership with local...