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Fourteen more local authorities are set to extend the free early education entitlement for three- and four-year-olds to 15 hours a week from next September.
Children need an enthusiastic mediator if they are to develop a love for books. Opal Dunn explains how to help under-threes build a solid foundation for literacy Parents and carers often feel...
Local authorities will have to confirm funding rates to early years providers eight weeks after the DfE announces local authority rates, under new rules being brought in.
The release of Supporting Families in the Foundation Years document last month was an important step in the Government's plans for a review of early years practice and intervention.
The EYFS should be axed and funding for Sure Start should be devolved to local authorities according to a report by a right-leaning think-tank, the Centre for Policy Studies.
Family and friends carers raising children are being left to fend for themselves and suffer significant levels of hardship, as local authorities fail to implement Government policy, according to a new...
Ofsted has launched a Facebook page to help demystify the process of registering as a childminder.
Unison's chief negotiators have been forced to back down in their fight for a national pay settlement for Scotland's nursery nurses. At a meeting last week the public services trade union agreed that...
The Department for Education has published advice for local authorities and parents on deferring the admission of summer-born children to school.
Many lessons can be learned from the approach by Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLP) to governance when developing children's centres, according to a report commissioned by the DfES. Drawing on...