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Is the end in sight for the recent boom in growth of nursery provision? A survey released last week, showing that capacity is significantly outstripping demand in private day nurseries, would seem to...
Comments in the news story 'All-day school plans anger nursery group' (22 November) are typical of the private sector. Any possible threat to their future profitability is poorly shielded by their...
Plans for the collection of 'individual child-level' information from providers funded to deliver nursery education to three- and four-year-olds will prevent 'double-counting', where those registered...
With new guidelines recently issued to local authorities on the Early Years Single Funding Formula for the free entitlement, Ruth Thomson outlines the implications.
Parents will be able to carry over any unused hours from their free early years entitlement to use when they want later, in plans unveiled as part of the next stage of the Government's childcare...
A nine-year-old girl was stunned when her missing African Grey parrot turned up at her school during her lunch hour, reported Wales Online.
More than 90 per cent of mothers spend more on their child's wardrobe than their own and nearly half feel guilty about spending money on clothes for themselves, a new survey has found.
The Government has finally begun to look at bringing independent schools under the national daycare standards and the Children's Act, where they are providing care for very young children (see News,...
If the Government wants to play Santa Claus to the UK's working parents, it could start with the incentives to expand employer-supported childcare that chancellor Gordon Brown alluded to in his...
Height charts and wall hangings deserve a place in every nursery and classroom and, if imaginatively chosen, can become a really versatile aid to development and early learning. Selecting durable...