A tailored curriculum and a skilled and self-reflective workforce are key to good practice in early years settings, reveals a new report published today by NatCen Social Research. The report
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Many families with children who are disabled or have special educational needs are struggling to find information on childcare, according to a new report. It suggests that in many areas,
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Encouraging children to develop language skills, read, and enjoy books at an early age is vital – and the earlier the better. That’s the message from Scotland’s nursery inspectors as
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In late 2016, new plans for the Welsh healthcare landscape were announced by Qualification Wales and The National Assembly for Wales’ Children, Young People and Education Committee. These detailed the
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A think-tank has renewed calls for an end to “birthday discrimination” in entitlement to free nursery education. Reform Scotland said the current system for government-funded pre-school provision was “unacceptable and
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Thousands of new childcare places for young children are to be created under a £50 million scheme, ministers have announced. The move will help to deliver a Government pledge to
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Charges for people to use child maintenance services have been dubbed “cruel and callous” after it emerged they had earned the Government more than £11 million. SNP MP Angela Crawley
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New sites for the Scottish Government’s pilot projects on different models of childcare have been announced as part of its bid to double free provision. All three and four-year-olds in
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A £1 billion Government scheme to boost childcare for three and four-year-olds will deliver only a “small” increase in parents working, a new study has found. Education Secretary Justine Greening
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Talks have taken place between Scottish Government ministers and council chiefs after a review of childcare funding revealed an apparent £140 million underspend by local authorities. Over the period 2014-15
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