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Bedfordshire appointment
Bedfordshire County Council has appointed Malcolm Newsam as director of children’s services at the local authority.Mr Newsam joined the council in January 2004 as...
Blackburn appointment
Peter Morgan has been appointed director of children’s services at Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.Mr Morgan was previously the director of education and lifelong...
New regional manager for Four Seasons in Scotland
Four Seasons Health Care has appointed a new regional manager in Eastern Scotland, covering the Edinburgh and Fife region.Joan McGregor is highly experienced in...
Strategy action plan sets out how childcare market is to be measured
Following calls from many leading sector figures for more clarity over how services will be delivered and what support is to be made available,...
Increase in voucher exemption announced in budget
Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown announced in this year’s budget that the government is to raise the limit parents could receive in tax...
Minimum wage rise announced
The government is to raise the National Minimum Wage once more this October. The adult rate (for workers aged 22 years old and over)...
Parents pleased with childcare quality
Parents using childcare are largely positive about the quality of provision they use and of that available in their local area, according to a...
Consultation on EYP requirements
Draft standards on the proposed skills, knowledge and competencies required to achieve Early Years Professional (EYP) status, as announced by government in its response...
Government plans 30% fee rise
The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has published proposals to increase the registration fees paid by childcare providers to Ofsted by 30%. In...
Child poverty target missed
The government has failed to meet its target of reducing relative child poverty in the UK by a quarter from 1998/99 to 2004/05.The high...
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