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Just Learning sale on hold until Cambourne investigation concluded
The sale of major provider Just Learning is expected to be put on hold until the investigation into the death of ten-month old Georgia...
Out of school childcare market worth £400m
The first financial mapping of the UK out of school childcare market has found it to be worth an estimated £395m at 2005, with...
DfES plans gradual EYFS implementation
The implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) will be gradual and flexible in order to minimise the burden on providers when it...
Transformation Fund guidance set out
Providers will have to enter into contracts with local authorities and adhere to stringent conditions in order to receive finance to improve workforce qualifications...
CWDC publishes business plan
The Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has outlined its plans for 2006/07, including a £3.3m investment in local workforce strategies. Further details on this...
Code of practice for childcare pilots call
The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has called on the government to produce a clear code of practice for local authorities involved in the...
Pre-school research prompts government reforms
The admission age to nursery schools will now be three years and two months in Northern Ireland, the immediate year before children start school,...
Sector capacity still expanding rapidly
Over 15,000 new formal childcare places were created in the first quarter of 2006, according to Ofsted’s latest figures. This equates to a 1%...
Nursery education take-up figures
The number of three year olds taking up early education places at maintained schools or free part-time places in the private or voluntary sector...
FACS finds rise in childcare use
The number of working mothers using formal and informal childcare in 2004 rose to 65%, an increase of 3% since the previous year, according...
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