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Some interesting issues are raised by the guidance on developing children's centres which has just been published by the Sure Start unit (see News, page 4). Not least is the expectation that more than...
A social services day nursery could be saved from closure by the efforts of one of the nursery mothers who regards it as a 'second home'. Angela Duggan said she was 'heartbroken' when she heard of...
A 3m network of road safety schemes for children is set to get underway next year. The Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions has approved 38 bids from local authorities in England...
A team of early years specialists has been appointed by the Department for Education and Skills to work with local authorities and Early Years and Development Childcare Partnerships in providing...
A childminding association has expressed concern over a plan by two local authorities to set-up a childminder agency while providing support to independent childminders.
The Government has confirmed £6.5 million was provided to local authorities and regional adoption agencies to help adoptive families facing greater stress during the Covid-19 pandemic.
For the 11th year running Busy Bees has come top in our table of the 25 largest chains, while Kids Allowed takes the top spot for quality with the highest proportion of Ofsted grades.
Eight local authorities will share £13 million to test out the doubling of free childcare for three- and four-year-olds.
Nine local authorities are to share 30m in Government funding aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles to families and curbing childhood obesity, health secretary Alan Johnson revealed on Monday.
Although the top of the table remains the same, this year’s top 25 ranking reveals evidence elsewhere of the shifting early years landscape. Catherine Gaunt reports