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New research suggests the number of registered childminders in England will continue to fall, despite an increase in the number of childcare places in recent years. A report, Who cares? Childminding...
The first phase of the National Evaluation of Children's Trusts has been published at www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/childrens-trusts/national-evaluation. The report looks at the 35 Children's Trust...
More than 10 per cent of the membership of the Scottish Pre-school Play Association has been lost over the past year, as playgroups continue to close under pressure from growing local authority...
Will extended childcare services eat into quality time for families? Geraldine Blount hears some expert opinions While there is much to celebrate about the move towards extended care, some academics...
* The NSPCC has called for a full review of why some areas of England and Wales have a greater conviction rate than others for parents and carers who kill or seriously injure children. The call was...
'Teachers now have to draw on their deepest reserves of professionalism to set aside their own strong feelings in order to provide whatever perspective, comfort, understanding and empathy their pupils...
'How can parents be persuaded that the Government is committed to raising standards when it plans to useunqualified people as teachers?' Doug McAvoy, general secretary of the National Union of...
'What is important is that ... we set the level of qualification at a realistic level which neither excludes too many workers nor devalues the sector.' Shuna Cant, head of early education and...
'The introduction to school is very sensitive for most children. If children start too early, they might feel things are too difficult. That might carry on for a few years and could be quite...
'Childcare is now one of the most pressing concerns for unions and parents both in and out of work' Brendan Barber, TUC general secretary, commenting on the TUC and the Daycare Trust report Women,...