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The Code of Practice on the free entitlement to nursery education will be implemented from September, the Government has confirmed, despite pre-election promises by the Conservatives to suspend it.
My congratulations to Nursery World on its 85th anniversary. Nursery World is so good that we bought it twice! Michael Heseltine looks back at Nursery World's history with Haymarket
Over the past ten days, the Government has issued three major documents, all of which are likely to cause controversy and unease across the sector. First up came the action plan for implementing the...
The Scottish Executive has put up for consultation its ambitious plans for Scotland's early years workforce, with new management qualifications, higher numbers of graduate-level staff and a single...
Labour research shows that local authorities face a shortfall of more than a quarter of places for two-year-olds when the scheme extends in September.
Rigorous infection control policies and procedures can help avoid infections or halt their spread, writes Mary Evans Bad news spreads fast and nothing spreads faster in the childcare sector than the...
Mary Dickins is an early years consultant (All Together Consultancy/London Met.University)
The first conference on mediation and special educational needs was held this week in Edinburgh, aimed at showing how mediation can help to maintain positive relationships between parents, schools and...
Childcare organisations have welcomed the news that early years settings in England will be allowed to stay open during lockdown, but called for more financial support.
Am I missing something, or does it seem to other people that we are hearing the death knell for sessional pre-schools when the Government's ten-year strategy is implemented? Many pre-schools will be...