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Childminders and parents are to be consulted by Ofsted over how it can make childminders' reports in England more accessible to the public. The inspectorate made the move earlier this week after...
I am writing as a registered childminder in England who is one of the many to have objected earlier this year to Ofsted's proposal to print childminders' reports and full names and addresses on its...
Local authorities in England will receive 30m a year earlier than planned to develop children's play areas as part of the Government's national play strategy.
There is growing unease in the private nursery sector about their lack of involvement in the development of children's centres. Some providers are finding that local authority-funded centres are...
The Comprehensive Spending Review is on the table and local authorities are considering what services they will have to cut.
Practitioners and parents in Wales will be finding out more about the new Early Support programme to improve the quality of services for disabled pre-school children and their families at a series of...
Nine in ten local authorities in England do not have enough holiday childcare to meet demand, according to the annual survey by the Family and Childcare Trust.
Scotland's main teaching union, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), is aiming to halt the decline in the number of nursery teachers. Nursery education is to be a key priority when the...
New guidance to support local authorities in commissioning children's public health services from next year identifies ways in which health visitors and early years providers can work together...