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The Scottish Independent Nurseries Association (SINA) has welcomed guidance issued by the Scottish Executive for local authorities on commissioning pre-school education partner providers in the...
The early years sector responded with anxiety to the news that Ofsted was to take over care inspections from local authorities. The idea conjured up images of an invasion of bureaucrats bullying...
A controversial database holding contact details for every child in England was launched on Monday, following several delays prompted by security fears.
Nursery teachers, childminders and other early years practitioners in the public, private and voluntary sectors are being urged by the Government to become involved in an initiative to share...
Unions representing more than 4,000 school support staff in Birmingham have claimed overwhelming backing for a landmark deal that sets the pace among local authorities in England in establishing a...
The transfer of responsibility for the registration and inspection of daycare to Ofsted last September has led the Office for National Statistics to postpone publishing the latest daycare statistics...
Money set aside for local Sure Start programmes may be at risk from the development of children's centres. Simon Vevers reports Local Sure Start programmes have delivered a wide range of often...
With bank lending falling since the financial crisis and cuts to local authority budgets taking hold, early years providers are beginning to turn to crowdfunding as a way of raising cash. Katy...
Rising costs across the board this year have meant that many nurseries have had to be content to tread water rather than embark on growth. Even with a sound business plan and strong local demand,...