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The countdown to the next election is truly under way - and childcare is right at the top of the policy agenda (see News, page 4, and Beatrix Campbell, page 9). Last week saw unprecedented activity...
The debate over the place of private, voluntary and independent providers in childcare services rages on this week, following Helen Penn's launch of the International Centre for the Study of the Mixed...
Ofsted’s recent inspections seem to be overzealous at a time when many settings are struggling with factors beyond their control
What do you get if you cross a frog with a bee? Well, the UK early years sector is about to find out, and the resulting creature will be the largest in the nursery garden.
By Fiona Berry, a home educator of her three children in Uxbridge, Middlesex Children today are being forced out of their homes far too early into schools where they are neither loved nor respected....
There are clear benefits for disadvantaged children spending up to 20 hours per week in early years provision, Sutton Trust study finds.
Ofsted's first national analysis of childcare provision since taking over its inspection and regulation in September 2001 seems to show cause for optimism about quality, with improvements being made...
After watching two videos on vaccination, one for and one against, at college, my whole opinion on vaccination changed. I would not have had my four children vaccinated at all. A natural decline was...
I am delighted that the Government has finally staged a U-turn and decided to level England's daycare playing field over allowing childminders to smack and smoke with parental consent (News, 15 May)....
Early years settings are looking to a second opinion about their practice, says Karen Faux.