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Daycare Trust unveils its CSR wish list
Daycare Trust is pressing the government to increase the provision of free places for three and four year olds to 20 hours per week.At...
NDNA to gather top-up fee evidence
In the sector’s latest attempt to persuade the government to relent on the issue of nursery ‘top-up fees’, the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA)...
LDA to manage workplace nursery fund
The London Development Agency (LDA) is to manage a £16.8m fund on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills that aims to subsidise...
Danda says partnership key to extended schools
Schools minister Parmjit Danda aimed to reassure headteachers and childcare providers at a recent 4Children conference by insisting that the extended schools programme is...
Ratios to be lowered in non-maintained provision
The government is pressing ahead with plans to change adult:child ratios ignoring concerns that this might lower the quality of provision expressed by many...
CWDC to look at training quality
Minister for Children Beverley Hughes has revealed that the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) is to work on cutting down the number of early...
CWDC sets workforce targets
The Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has published plans to ensure 70% of the early years workforce is qualified to NVQ Level 3 by...
Next steps for IQF revealed
The Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has revealed the next steps in the implementation of the Integrated Qualifications Framework (IQF) (NCMN November 2005).It is...
Ofsted figures show full daycare increase
The number of full daycare settings in England is rising at a faster rate than at the same time last year, according to the...
Group daycare can damage under threes?
Children under the age of three should be cared for members of their extended family, nannies or childminders in order to ensure a normal...
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